It probably means to straddle a chair so that your knees or legs point behind the chair, and when you lean forward you may rest your arms on the back of the chair. Whereas sitting 'forward' on a chair would mean you sit on a chair like you normally would.
5 times that of Leah's.
Perhaps two or three weeks.
They usually use adjectives to describe the tone of a passage.
by a ring
Candidness
He didn't want to believe it
they were rude and selfish
Mr. Eyre's casual conversation with Mr. Mason after receiving Jane's letter
the idea that no person in the house seemed to question or notice Grace Poole's habits
She is unaffected
A+
pip always lost A+
By a ring.
beautiful, courage