He paused.

“What questions, Mr. Rochester?”

Then followed this cross-examination.

“St. John made you schoolmistress of Morton before he knew you were his cousin?”

“Yes.”

“You would often see him?

He would visit the school sometimes?”

“Daily.”

“He would approve of your plans, Jane? I know they would be clever, for you are a talented creature!”

“He approved of them — yes.”

“He would discover many things in you he could not have expected to find? Some of your accomplishments are not ordinary.”