I'll get admitted there, and I'll stir up mutiny; and you, three-tailed bashaw as you are, sir, shall in a trice find yourself fettered amongst our hands: nor will I, for one, consent to cut your bonds till you have signed a charter, the most liberal that despot ever yet conferred." "I would consent to be at your mercy, Jane." "I would have no mercy, Mr.Rochester, if you supplicated for it with an eye like that.

While you looked so, I should be certain that whatever charter you might grant under coercion, your first act, when released, would be to violate its conditions." "Why, Jane, what would you have?
I fear you will compel me to go through a private marriage ceremony, besides that performed at the altar.

You will stipulate, I see, for peculiar terms--what will they be ?" "I only want an easy mind, sir; not crushed by crowded obligations.

Do you remember what you said of Celine Varens ?--of the diamonds, the cashmeres you gave her?
I will not be your English Celine Varens.

I shall continue to act as Adele's governess; by that I shall earn my board and lodging, and thirty pounds a year besides.