The Only Use of
artifice
in
Jane Eyre
- I abhor artifice, particularly in children; it is my duty to show you that tricks will not answer: you will now stay here an hour longer, and it is only on condition of perfect submission and stillness that I shall liberate you then.†
p. 21.9
Definitions:
- (1) (artifice)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)