1 And she proceeded to prepare the meal.
2 During that meal he appeared just as composed as usual.
3 we had another meal, consisting of a small mug of coffee, and half-a-slice of brown bread.
4 The meal over, prayers were read by Miss Miller, and the classes filed off, two and two, upstairs.
5 A long grace was said and a hymn sung; then a servant brought in some tea for the teachers, and the meal began.
6 Bessie would rather have stayed, but she was obliged to go, because punctuality at meals was rigidly enforced at Gateshead Hall.
7 I know not how she occupied herself before breakfast, but after that meal she divided her time into regular portions, and each hour had its allotted task.
8 It was too far to return to dinner, and an allowance of cold meat and bread, in the same penurious proportion observed in our ordinary meals, was served round between the services.
9 The refreshing meal, the brilliant fire, the presence and kindness of her beloved instructress, or, perhaps, more than all these, something in her own unique mind, had roused her powers within her.
10 I had known what it was to come back to Gateshead when a child after a long walk, to be scolded for looking cold or gloomy; and later, what it was to come back from church to Lowood, to long for a plenteous meal and a good fire, and to be unable to get either.
11 Mrs. Reed surveyed me at times with a severe eye, but seldom addressed me: since my illness, she had drawn a more marked line of separation than ever between me and her own children; appointing me a small closet to sleep in by myself, condemning me to take my meals alone, and pass all my time in the nursery, while my cousins were constantly in the drawing-room.