Переведите,,без переводчика♥ arriving at lowood institution i was sleeping when the coach stopped and i woke up. the coach door was open, and a woman was standing at it. “is there a little girl called jane eyre here? ” she asked. i answered “yes” and she helped me to get out of the coach. it was raining; the wind was blowing. i saw a large house with many windows. we went into the house. the woman led me into a room, asked me to wait there and went out. soon the door opened and two women came in. the first was a tall lady with dark hair, dark eyes and a pale and large forehead. it was miss temple, the headmistress of the school, as i learnt later. the second was miss miller, a teacher. “the child looks tired. are you tired? ” the first lady asked me. “a little, madam.” “and you are hungry, of course. give her some supper before she goes to bed, miss miller. is it the first time that you have left your parents, my little girl? ” “i have no parents, madam.” then she asked me how old i was, and what my name was. “i hope that you will be a good girl,” she said. then miss miller took me away. we came into a wide long room with large tables. two candles burned on each of them. about eighty girls aged from nine or ten to twenty were sitting round the tables. they were all wearing brown dresses and long pinafores. it was the hour of study. they were learning their lessons for tomorrow. miss miller told me to sit down on the bench near the door and cried out to the girls, “monitors! collect the lesson books and put them away.” four tall girls stood up from their tables, gathered the books and took them away. miss miller again commanded, “monitors! bring the supper trays.” the tall girls went out and returned with four trays, which they put on the four tables. on each tray there were some oatcakes and a jug of water, and one cup in the middle of the tray. each girl had a thin piece of cake, and they all drank out of one cup, passing it to each other. after supper miss miller read a prayer and the girls went upstairs. the night passed quickly. when i opened my eyes, a bell was ringing and the girls were dressing. it was bitter cold. i dressed and washed. again the bell rang. all formed in file, two and two, and in that order went downstairs into the cold and dark schoolroom. miss miller read prayers. then she said, “form classes! ” there was a great noise during which miss miller cried several times: “silence! ” and “order! ” there were four tables in the room, and at each table there was a chair. round the tables stood four groups of girls. all of them had books in their hands. a bell rang. three ladies came into the room; each walked to her table and sat down in her chair. miss miller took the fourth chair, which was near the door and round which the smallest girls were standing. i belonged to that class. we read the bible for an hour. then the bell rang for the fourth time, and the girls went into another room to breakfast. the room was long, low and gloomy. on two long tables there were basins with something hot having a very bad smell. i saw that the girls were angry. some of them said, “disgusting! the porridge is burnt again! ” “silence! ” one of the teachers said. there was a prayer and a servant brought in some tea for the teachers. i was so hungry that i ate some of my porridge, but it was impossible to eat all of it. 1 looked at the other girls. they were eating very slowly. most of them could not eat at all and put down their spoons. breakfast was over, but everybody was hungry. there was another prayer and the girls went into the schoolroom. as i was leaving the dining room, i saw that one of the teachers tasted the porridge. she exchanged a look with the others. they looked angry and one said: “disgusting! ” a clock in the schoolroom struck nine. miss miller cried, “silence! to your seats! ” in five minutes there was order and silence, and all the girls were sitting on the benches. suddenly the whole school stood up. what was the matter? i looked up and saw the tall lady with the dark hair and the dark eyes whom i had seen the day before. miss miller came up to her, then went back to her place and said, “monitor of the first class, bring the globes.”

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