PART TWO - THE SCHOOLGIRL
CHAPTER THREE
My First Impressions of School

Finally, in the middle of January, I left Gateshead for Lowood School. Bessie helped me to get ready, even though I had to get up very early to leave.
"Will you say good-bye to Mrs. Reed, Jane?" Bessie asked.
"No, she doesn't want to wake up. Anyway, I don't want to say anyting to her, or the Reed children. They've always hated me."
"Oh, Miss Jane, don't say that!"
"Well, it's ture. Good-bye to Gateshead!" I [-----1-----] happily, as we left the house and walked towards the road to wait for the coach. Soon it arrived. It was full of people. The driver took all of my clothes and things, and told me to get in quickly. Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her.
She told the driver, "Make sure you take care of her! Fifty miles is a long way for a young child to travel, when she is alone."
"I will!" he answered. The door was closed, and the coach rolled off. It felt strange to be leaving Gateshead. Even though I hated life there, it had been my home for as long as I could remember. I was sad to leave Bessie, but I was excited about the new school and the new people I would meet there.
The journey was much too long and not very interesting. I did not have any books to read, so I looked out of the window, thinking about my new life. Then I slept for a short time. When I woke up the coach had stopped. The door opened and a servant called in.
"Is there a little girl called Jane Eyre here?"
"Yes!" I said. The servant helped me out of the coach and took my bags. We went into a large building, and the servant she left me in a sitting room. I was very tired after the long journey, so I sat in one of the comfortable chairs. In a few moments the door opened and a tall lady came into the room. She was pretty, with dark hair and dark eyes. The lady told me that she was Miss Temple, the [-----2-----] of Lowood School. She looked at me carefully.
"You are vrey young to travel alone. Are you tired?" she asked, putting her hand on my [-----3-----] kindly.
"Yes, Miss Temple, I am a little tired," I said.
"How old are you, and what is your name?"
"I'm Jane Eyre, ma'am, and I'm ten years old."
"Well, Jane, I hope you will be a good child, and work hard," she said, touching my cheek gently with her finger.
Another teacher named Miss Miller took me to the schoolroom. In this large room there were about eighty girls ast doing their homework. The oldest girls looked about twenty years old. I sat on a bench near the door and watched them quietly.

Vocabulary Focus

rolled off：車輪滾動，off為副詞表示離開，roll后面也可以用其他量詞或介詞。例如：The ball rolled away.（球滾走了。）