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Chapter VIII

           Sheworeittillevening,patient,unresentful,regardingitasadeservedpunishment. ThemomentMissScatcherdwithdrewafterafternoonschool,IrantoHelen,toreitoff,andthrustitintothefire: thefuryofwhichshewasincapablehadbeenburninginmysoulallday,andtears,hotandlarge,hadcontinuallybeenscaldingmycheek;forthespectacleofhersadresignationgavemeanintolerablepainattheheart. 

           Aboutaweeksubsequentlytotheincidentsabovenarrated,MissTemple,whohadwrittentoMr.Lloyd,receivedhisanswer:itappearedthatwhathesaidwenttocorroboratemyaccount. MissTemple,havingassembledthewholeschool,announcedthatinquiryhadbeenmadeintothechargesallegedagainstJaneEyre,andthatshewasmosthappytobeabletopronouncehercompletelyclearedfromeveryimputation. Theteachersthenshookhandswithmeandkissedme,andamurmurofpleasureranthroughtheranksofmycompanions. 

           Thusrelievedofagrievousload,Ifromthathoursettoworkafresh,resolvedtopioneermywaythrougheverydifficulty:Itoiledhard,andmysuccesswasproportionatetomyefforts;mymemory,notnaturallytenacious,improvedwithpractice;exercisesharpenedmywits;inafewweeksIwaspromotedtoahigherclass;inlessthantwomonthsIwasallowedtocommenceFrenchanddrawing. Ilearnedthefirsttwotensesoftheverbetre,andsketchedmyfirstcottage(whosewalls,by-the-bye,outrivalledinslopethoseoftheleaningtowerofPisa),onthesameday. Thatnight,ongoingtobed,IforgottoprepareinimaginationtheBarmecidesupperofhotroastpotatoes,orwhitebreadandnewmilk,withwhichIwaswonttoamusemyinwardcravings: Ifeastedinsteadonthespectacleofidealdrawings,whichIsawinthedark; 

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