Charlotte told me once that Branwell had done so; and though his depression was the result of his faults, it was in no other respect different from hers.
Both were not mental but physical illnesses.

She was well aware of this, and would ask how that mended matters, as the feeling was there all the same, and was not removed by knowing the cause.

She had a larger religious toleration than a person would have who had never questioned, and the manner of recommending religion was always that of offering comfort, not fiercely enforcing a duty.

One time I mentioned that some one had asked me what religion I was of (with the view of getting me for a partizan), and that I had said that that was between God and me;--Emily (who was lying on the hearth-rug) exclaimed, 'That's right.' This was all I ever heard Emily say on religious subjects.

Charlotte was free from religious depression when in tolerable health; when that failed, her depression returned.