“. . . like Felix, I put if off to a more convenient season.” (59)

In the Bible, Felix is the Roman governor in charge of the trial of the Apostle Paul. He keeps Paul imprisoned without trial for over two years. With this reference, Bronte is saying that Jane will not address her religious misgivings and questions at the moment. She undoubtedly has been raised as a Christian, but yet cannot believe blindly in what she has been taught – she must make her own determinations as to what she should believe: a determination that she is now procrastinating about.

Source: Paul. King James Bible. University of Virginia, 1995. Web. 3. Jan. 2010. http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=KjvGene.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all.

Photo: Paul Before Felix. Digital image. One Year Bible Images. Web. 3 Jan. 2010. http://oneyearbibleimages.com/paul_before_felix.jpg.