They conversed of things I had never heard of; of nations and times past; of countries far away: of secrets of nature discovered or guessed at: they spoke of books: how many they had read! What stores of knowledge they possessed! Then they seemed so familiar with French names and French authors: but my amazement reached its climax when Miss Temple asked Helen if she sometimes snatched a moment to recall the Latin her father had taught her, and taking a book from a shelf, bade her read and construe a page of Virgil; and Helen obeyed, my organ of Veneration expanding at every sounding line.
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 8. Jane’s love of knowledge and learning is evident in this passage where she describes the lively conversation Miss Temple and Helen have on a range of diverse topics. She pays close attention to and soaks up everything they discuss. She is particularly excited when Helen at Miss Temple’s prompting does a reading from a book by the Roman poet Virgil.