The Brontë Sisters: The Complete Masterpiece (Century Book)

‘Because I imagine there must be only a very, very few men in the world, that I should like to marry; and of those few, it is ten to one I may never be acquainted with one; or if I should, it is twenty to one he may not happen to be single, or to take a fancy to me.’

"You know, Rose, in all household matters, we have only two things to consider, first, what’s proper to be done, and secondly, what’s most agreeable to the gentlemen of the house—anything will do for the ladies."‘

it the circumstance of being able and willing to resist temptation; or that of having no temptations to resist?