“Oh, don’t fall back on over-modesty! I have examined Adele, and find you have taken great pains with her: she is not bright, she has no talents; yet in a short time she has made much improvement.”
“Sir, you have given me my ‘cadeau’; I am obliged to you: it is the meed teachers most covet; praise of their pupils’ progress.”

– Charlotte Bronte

Jane Eyre, Chapter 13. In Rochester’s and Jane’s first conversation in Thornfield, he praises his new governess for being a good teacher to the 10-year-old French girl, Adele, who is daughter to Rochester’s mistress Celine Varens.