"Well, you know Missis always said they were poor and quite despicable: and they may be poor; but I believe they are as much gentry as the Reeds are; for one day, nearly seven years ago, a Mr. Eyre came to Gateshead and wanted to see you; Missis said you were at school fifty miles off; he seemed so much disappointed, for he could not stay: he was going on a voyage to a foreign country, and the ship was to sail from London in a day or two.
Hát az lehet, hogy szegények, de hogy legalább olyan urak, mint a Reedek, az biztos. Egyszer, körülbelül hét esztendővel ezelőtt, egy Eyre nevű úr jött Gatesheadbe, Jane kisasszonyt kereste.