And did I now think Miss Ingram such a choice as Mr. Rochester would be likely to make? I could not tell – I did not know his taste in female beauty. If he liked the majestic, she was the very type of majesty; then she was so accomplished, sprightly. Most gentlemen would admire her, I thought; and that he DID admire her, I already seemed to have obtained proof; to remove the last shade of doubt, it remained but to see them together.
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 17. After Rochester arrives back to the house with his guests, including Blanche Ingram, Jane talks here about her impressions of Blanche. She tries to figure out Rochester’s taste in female beauty. Most men would admire such a majestic and accomplished beauty as Blanche, she says. Jane believes that Rochester is attracted to her.