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I don't know what Charlotte thought of Brussels.
We arrived in the dark, and went next morning to our respective schools to see them.

We were, of course, much preoccupied, and our prospects gloomy.

Charlotte used to like the country round Brussels.

'At the top of every hill you see something.' She took, long solitary walks on the occasional holidays." Mr.Bronte took his daughters to the Rue d'Isabelle, Brussels; remained one night at Mr.Jenkins'; and straight returned to his wild Yorkshire village.
What a contrast to that must the Belgian capital have presented to those two young women thus left behind! Suffering acutely from every strange and unaccustomed contact--far away from their beloved home, and the dear moors beyond--their indomitable will was their great support.