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Jane Eyre, Part 1 of 34

The Sleepy Bookshelf

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A Stranger in a Room, Not Related to Missus Reed

"I knew quite well that i was in my own bed, and that the red glare was the nursery fire. Bessy stood at the bed foot with a basin in her hand, and a gentleman sat in a chair near my pillow,. I felt an inexpressible relief, a soothing conviction of protection and security," she writes. "It was mister lloyd, an apothecary sometimes called in by missus reed when the servants were ailing."

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