All I had gathered from it amounted to this, that there was a mystery at Thornfield, and that from participation in the mystery I was purposely excluded.
"I see, at intervals, the glance of a curious sort of bird through the close-set bars of the cage; a vivid, restless, resolute captive is there; were it but free, it would soar cloud-high."
"True; no doubt he may appear so to a stranger, but I am so accustomed to his manner, never think of it; and then, if he has peculiarities of temper, allowance should be made."