In one novel, a character with this profession crushes baby birds under a stone to save them from the sadistic Tom Bloomfield. That character with this profession is reunited with the dog Snap while walking along the beach at the end of a novel published under the pen name Acton Bell. In another novel, the employer of a character with this profession asks “does my forehead not please you?” and “do you think me handsome?” to which that character with this profession replies bluntly, “No, sir.” That character with this profession travels to Ferndean, and helps a man blinded in a fire at Thornfield Hall started by his wife. After refusing a proposal from the clergyman St. John (“SIN-jin”) Rivers, that title character with this profession states in the final chapter, “Reader, I married him.” For 10 points, name this profession of Jane Eyre. ■END■
ANSWER: governess [prompt on teacher; prompt on tutor; prompt on servant; prompt on nanny; prompt on au pair]
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