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15 August, 15:38

Excerpt from Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte

1 There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-door exercise was now out of the question.

2 I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed.

What does the term 'chidings' mean as it is used in the second paragraph?

A) commendations

B) flattery

C) lectures

D) stories

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  1. 15 August, 16:03
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    I would say (c lectures) because it said they had a saddened heart, which the other choices wouldn't cause that and just don't make as much sense.
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