‘ Each picture told a story;mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings,yet ever profoundly interesting…”
Jane is interrupted a few moments later by John Reed. Jane fears John because he bullies her. She describes him as,’Large and stout for his age,with a dingy and unwholesome skin;thick lineaments in a spacious visage,heavy limbs and large extremities.’
John tells Jane to come stand before him,and she obeys immediately.