"Oh，sir!- never mind jewels! I don"t like to hear them spoken of. Jewels for Jane Eyre sounds unnatural and strange: I would rather not have them."

"I will myself put the diamond chain round your neck，and the circlet on your forehead,- which it will bee: for nature，at least，has stamped her patent of nobility on this brow，Jane; and I will clasp the bracelets on these fine wrists，and load these fairy-like fingers with rings."

"No，no，sir! think of other subjects，and speak of other things，and in another strain. Don"t address me as if I were a beauty; I am your plain，Quakerish governess."

"You are a beauty in my eyes，and a beauty just after the desire of my heart,- delicate and aerial."

"puny and insignificant，you mean. You are dreaming，sir,- or you are sneering. For God"s sake，don"t be ironical!"

"I will make the world acknowledge you a beauty，too," he went on，while I really became uneasy at the strain he had adopted，because I felt he was either deluding himself or trying to delude me. "I will attire my Jane in satin and lace，and she shall have roses in her hair; and I will cover the head I love best with a priceless veil."

"And then you won"t know me，sir; and I shall not be your Jane Eyre any longer，but an ape in a harlequin"s jacket- a jay in borrowed plumes. I would as soon see you，Mr. Rochester，tricked out in stage-trappings，as myself clad in a court-lady"s robe; and I don"t call you handsome，sir，though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don"t flatter me."

He pursued his theme，however，without noticing my deprecation.