... appalling, her details of certain accomplishments attained by these same young ladies were, I thought, equally attractive. She boasted of beautiful paintings of landscapes and flowers by them executed; ... a roast onion. Come, we'll go down." They went. JANE EYRE CHARLOTTE BRONTE Chapter 3 The next thing I remember is, waking up with a feeling as if I had had a frightful nightmare, ... mastiffs, the monster cats, the tower-like men and women, of the other. Yet, when this cherished volume was now placed in my hand when I turned over its leaves, and sought in its marvellous pictures...