My second daughter, Augusta, went with her mama to visit the school, and on her return she exclaimed: 'Oh, dear papa, how quiet and plain all the girls at Lowood look, with their hair combed behind their ears, and their long pinafores, and those little holland pockets outside their frocks--they are almost like poor people's children! and,' said she, 'they looked at my dress and mama's, as if they had never seen a silk gown before.'"
— La mia figlia secondogenita, — continuò dopo una pausa il signor Bockelhurst, — è andata insieme con sua madre a visitare l'Istituto, e tornando ha esclamato: "Oh babbo! Quelle bimbe di Lowood, come paiono tranquille e semplici, con i capelli rialzati d'oltre l'orecchio, con i loro lunghi grembiuli, con i loro vestiti, con le tasche cucite di fuori!