The following text is adapted from Chapter 27 of Charlotte Bronte's 1897 novel "Jane Eyre!Rochester is talking to Jane for the first time since they were at the church and in the process of being married, only to have the event come crashing to a halt when It was revealed that Rochester was still married, as he well knew, albeit to a woman who is Insane. Jane, Inever meant to wound you thus. If the man who had but one little ewe lamb that was dear to him as a daughter, that ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and lay [against his heart], had by some mistake slaughtered It..., he would not have [regretted]his bloody blunder more than I now [regret]mine. Will you ever forglve me?" Reader, I forgave him at the moment and on the spot. There was such deepremorse in his eye, such true pity in his tone such[brave] energy in his manner,and besides, there was such unchanged love in his whole look and [bearing]-I forgave him all; yet not In words.not outwardly; only at my heart's core Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole? Ellmination Tool Select one answer A It introduces the idea t that both Rochester and Jane able to discuss forgiveness. B It persuades the reader to forg/ve Rochestermore than Jane is so far able to. C Itestablishes the importance of the reader as a necessary part of the story. D It lets the reader,but not Rochester, know the degree to which Jane forgives him