Both Uses of
hiatus
in
Jane Eyre
- Bessie supplied the hiatus by a homily of an hour's length, in which she proved beyond a doubt that I was the most wicked and abandoned child ever reared under a roof.
Chpt 4 *hiatus = gap in time without activity
- She filled up the hiatus his silence left by a reply of her own.
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(hiatus) a gap in time (when there is no or less activity)