the carpet was red; the table at the foot of the bed was covered with a crimson cloth; the walls were a soft fawn colour with a blush of pink in it; the wardrobe, the toilet-table, the chairs were of darkly polished old mahogany. Out of these deep surrounding shades rose high, and glared white, the piled. What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane! A bed supported on massive pillars of mahogany, hung with curtains of deep red damask, stood out like a tabernacle in the centre; the two large windows, with their blinds always drawn down, were half shrouded in festoons and falls of similar drapery; the carpet was red; the table at the foot of the bed was covered with a crimson cloth; the.
Having opened my chamber window, and seen that I left all things straight and neat on the toilet-table, I ventured forth. Jane Eyre, Chapter 2. Jane is threatened with the wrath of God by Miss Abbot after her fight with her cousin John Reed.
As punishment Abbot and Bessie imprison Jane in the red room on Mrs. Reed's instructions. This is the death chamber in which her kindly uncle breathed his last moments nine years before and where she is meant to pray and repent for her misbehavior.
But for Jane the red room. Quotes from classic books to assist students to enhance reading and writing skills, with TABLE from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. A bed supported on massive pillars of mahogany Deep red damask, stood out like a tabernacle in the centre The carpet was red; the table at the foot of the bed was covered with a crimson cloth the wardrobe, the toilet-table, the chairs were made out of mahogany.
Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre, From Chapter 2 The red-room was a square chamber, very seldom slept in, I might say never, indeed, unless when a chance influx of visitors at Gateshead Hall rendered it necessary to turn to account all the accommodation it contained: yet it was one of the largest and stateliest chambers in the mansion. A bed supported on massive pillars of mahogany, hung with.