"I keep it and rear it rather on the Roman Catholic principle... I'll explain it all someday" (Bronte, 142).
Rochester is using a subject he knows that Jane fells comfortable with to try to even the space separating them. He knows that religion is something that has had very important meaning in Jane's life, and she knows it well. By discussing this topic, he can relax her and make her feel like his equal. Bronte is once again bring religion into the novel.
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how would you say she is using it here? she brings it in but for what purpose? plot? characterization? theme?
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