Ocupation: Novelist
Life: April 21, 1816 - March 31, 1855
Birthday: April 21
Death: March 31
I smiled: I thought to myself Mr. Rochester is peculiar — he seems to forget that he pays me £30 per annum for receiving his orders. "The smile is very well," said he, catching instantly the passing expression; "but speak too." "I was thinking, sir, that very few masters would trouble themselves to inquire whether or not their paid subordinates were piqued and hurt by their orders.
source: Charlotte Bronte (2014). “The Complete Works Of Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor”, p.184, Harper Collins
topic: Hurt, Thinking, Expression, Mr Rochester, Rochester, Well Said