'Everybody, Jane? Why, there are only eighty people who have

heard you called so, and the world contains hundreds of millions.'

'But what have I to do with millions? The eighty, I know, despise

'Jane, you are mistaken: probably not one in the school either

despises or dislikes you: many, I am sure, pity you much.'

'How can they pity me after what Mr. Brocklehurst has said?'

'Mr. Brocklehurst is not a god: nor is he even a great and

admired man; he is little liked here; he never took steps to make