Mr. Rochester falls in love with Jane: her excellent mind and independent spirit, as well as her petite proportions, here evoked in his ring-promises.

‘… and I will clasp the bracelets on these fine wrists, and load these fairy-like fingers with rings.’

Source: Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre (London: Bounty Books, 2012 (1847)), p. 337

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