I charged them to conceal from you, before I ever saw you, all knowledge of the curse of the place; merely because I feared Adele never would have a governess to stay if she knew with what inmate she was housed, and my plans would not permit me to remove the maniac elsewhere--though I possess an old house, Ferndean Manor, even more retired and hidden than this, where I could have lodged her safely enough, had not a scruple about the unhealthiness of the situation, in the heart of a wood, made my conscience recoil from the arrangement.
Már csak azért is titkolnom kellett, mert Adèle soha nem kapott volna nevelőnőt, ha kitudódik, milyen lakója van Thornfieldnek. Arra sem tudtam rászánni magam, hogy máshol helyezzem el, pedig van egy régi házam, Ferndean Manor, még ennél is eldugottabb, ott biztonságban lehetett volna.