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> . . . ; she [Helen] brought my coffee and bread.
>  “Come, eat something,” she said; but I [Jane] put both away from me, feeling as if a drop or a crumb **would have choked** me in my present condition. (Jane Eyre)
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There’s no mention that Jane had what Helen had brought in the book, yet the phrase ‘would have choked’ implies that Jane took those things without choking, doesn’t it?