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HITHERTO I have recorded in detail the events of my insignificant1 existence: to the first ten years of my life I have given almost as many chapters. But this is not to be a regular autobiography2: I am only bound to invoke3 Memory where I know her responses will possess some degree of interest; therefore I now pass a space of eight years almost in silence: a few lines only are necessary to keep up the links of connection.
When the typhus fever had fulfilled its mission of devastation4 at Lowood, it gradually disappeared from thence; but not till its virulence5 and the number of its victims had drawn6 public attention on the school. Inquiry7 was made into the origin of the scourge8, and by degrees various facts came out which excited public indignation in a high degree. The unhealthy nature of the site; the quantity and quality of the children's food; the brackish9, fetid water used in its preparation; the pupils' wretched clothing and accommodations- all these things were discovered, and the discovery produced a result mortifying10 to Mr. Brocklehurst, but beneficial to the institution.
Several wealthy and benevolent11 individuals in the county subscribed12 largely for the erection of a more convenient building in a better situation; new regulations were made; improvements in diet and clothing introduced; the funds of the school were intrusted to the management of a committee. Mr. Brocklehurst, who, from his wealth and family connections, could not be overlooked, still retained the post of

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compassion
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superintendent
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(通常经过努力)实现( attain的现在分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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chaos
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adj.发烧的,狂热的,兴奋的 | |
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noted
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herald
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