Chapter XII

           Thepromiseofasmoothcareer,whichmyfirstcalmintroductiontoThornfieldHallseemedtopledge,wasnotbeliedonalongeracquaintancewiththeplaceanditsinmates. Mrs.Fairfaxturnedouttobewhatsheappeared,aplacid-tempered,kind-naturedwoman,ofcompetenteducationandaverageintelligence. Mypupilwasalivelychild,whohadbeenspoiltandindulged,andthereforewassometimeswayward;butasshewascommittedentirelytomycare,andnoinjudiciousinterferencefromanyquartereverthwartedmyplansforherimprovement,shesoonforgotherlittlefreaks,andbecameobedientandteachable. Shehadnogreattalents,nomarkedtraitsofcharacter,nopeculiardevelopmentoffeelingortastewhichraisedheroneinchabovetheordinarylevelofchildhood;butneitherhadsheanydeficiencyorvicewhichsunkherbelowit. Shemadereasonableprogress,entertainedformeavivacious,thoughperhapsnotveryprofound,affection;andbyhersimplicity,gayprattle,andeffortstoplease,inspiredme,inreturn,withadegreeofattachmentsufficienttomakeusbothcontentineachother’ssociety. 

           This,parparenthese,willbethoughtcoollanguagebypersonswhoentertainsolemndoctrinesabouttheangelicnatureofchildren,andthedutyofthosechargedwiththeireducationtoconceiveforthemanidolatrousdevotion: butIamnotwritingtoflatterparentalegotism,toechocant,orpropuphumbug; Iammerelytellingthetruth. 

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