From
Jane Eyre (1943)
Edward Rochester:
I put my requests in an absurd way. The fact is once and for all, I do not wish to treat you as an inferior, but I've baffled through varied experiences with many men of many nations and roved over the globe while you've spent your whole life with one set of people in one house. Don't you agree it gives me the right to be masterful and abrupt?
Jane Eyre:
Do as you please, sir. You pay me 30 pounds a year for receiving your orders.
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