1 This, spoken in a cool, tranquil tone, was mortifying and baffling enough.
2 Reader, though I look comfortably accommodated, I am not very tranquil in my mind.
3 I tried again to sleep; but my heart beat anxiously: my inward tranquillity was broken.
4 I was silent; Helen had calmed me; but in the tranquillity she imparted there was an alloy of inexpressible sadness.
5 It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
6 Mr. Rochester came thrice to my door in the course of it, to ask if I was safe and tranquil: and that was comfort, that was strength for anything.
7 Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.
8 It did not seem as if a prop were withdrawn, but rather as if a motive were gone: it was not the power to be tranquil which had failed me, but the reason for tranquillity was no more.
9 It did not seem as if a prop were withdrawn, but rather as if a motive were gone: it was not the power to be tranquil which had failed me, but the reason for tranquillity was no more.
10 But my night was wretched, my rest broken: the ground was damp, the air cold: besides, intruders passed near me more than once, and I had again and again to change my quarters; no sense of safety or tranquillity befriended me.