Diana offered to teach me German. I liked to learn of her: I saw the part of instructress pleased and suited her; that of scholar pleased and suited me no less. Our natures dovetailed: mutual affection – of the strongest kind – was the result. They discovered I could draw: their pencils and colour-boxes were immediately at my service. My skill, greater in this one point than theirs, surprised and charmed them. Mary would sit and watch me by the hour together: then she would take lessons; and a docile, intelligent, assiduous pupil she made.
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 30. Being with the Rivers sisters Diana and Mary rekindles Jane’s love of learning. They share an intellectual bond, with Diana teaching Jane German, and Jane in turn giving Mary drawing lessons. Jane observes that Diana’s nature and hers fit together so well.