The quotation comes from Charlotte Brontë – Jane Eyre (Chap. 37) | Genius
Quotation: “…Will she not depart as suddenly as she came? To-morrow, I fear I shall find her no more.” (said Mr. R)
A commonplace, practical reply, out of the train of his own disturbed ideas, was, I was sure, the best and most reassuring for him in this frame of mind. I passed my finger over his eyebrows, and remarked that they were scorched, and that I would apply something which would make them grow as broad and black as ever.
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Hi everyone! Does the bold part mean “I was sure that a commonplace, practical reply irrelevant to the train of his own disturbed ideas was the best…”?
Quotation: “…Will she not depart as suddenly as she came? To-morrow, I fear I shall find her no more.” (said Mr. R)
A commonplace, practical reply, out of the train of his own disturbed ideas, was, I was sure, the best and most reassuring for him in this frame of mind. I passed my finger over his eyebrows, and remarked that they were scorched, and that I would apply something which would make them grow as broad and black as ever.
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Hi everyone! Does the bold part mean “I was sure that a commonplace, practical reply irrelevant to the train of his own disturbed ideas was the best…”?