Part Two: A girl at Lowood
Chapter 3 My first impressions of school
Mrs Reed arranged for me to leave on the nineteenth of January.
I had to get up very early to catch the coach, but Bessie helped me to get ready.
'Will you say goodbye to Mrs Reed, Jane? ' she asked.
'No, she said I shouldn't disturb her so early.
Anyway, I don't want to say anything to her. She's always hated me.'
'Oh, Miss Jane, don't say that! '
'Goodbye to Gateshead! ' I shouted wildly, as we walked together out of the front door, to wait for the coach in the road.
It arrived, pulled by four horses, and full of passengers.