Explain what is in bold please...
‘She is Mr. Rochester’s ward; he commissioned me to
find a governess for her. He intended to have her brought
up in -shire, I believe. Here she comes, with her ‘bonne,’
as she calls her nurse.’ The enigma then was explained:
this affable and kind little widow was no great dame; but a
dependant like myself. I did not like her the worse for
that; on the contrary, I felt better pleased than ever. The
equality between her and me was real; not the mere result
of condescension on her part: so much the better—my
position was all the freer.
Jane Eyre - Chapter 11
‘She is Mr. Rochester’s ward; he commissioned me to
find a governess for her. He intended to have her brought
up in -shire, I believe. Here she comes, with her ‘bonne,’
as she calls her nurse.’ The enigma then was explained:
this affable and kind little widow was no great dame; but a
dependant like myself. I did not like her the worse for
that; on the contrary, I felt better pleased than ever. The
equality between her and me was real; not the mere result
of condescension on her part: so much the better—my
position was all the freer.
Jane Eyre - Chapter 11