The play-hour in the evening I thought the pleasantest fraction of the day at Lowood: the bit of bread, the draught of coffee swallowed at five o'clock had revived vitality, if it had not satisfied hunger: the long restraint of the day was slackened; the schoolroom felt warmer than in the morning--its fires being allowed to burn a little more brightly, to supply, in some measure, the place of candles, not yet introduced: the ruddy gloaming, the licensed uproar, the confusion of many voices gave one a welcome sense of liberty.
On laissait le feu brûler activement pour suppléer à la chandelle, qui n'arrivait qu'un peu plus tard. La pâle lueur du foyer, le tumulte permis, le bruit confus de toutes les voix, tout enfin éveillait en nous une douce sensation de liberté.