What is the structure of "what thought had I been but just conceiving of starving myself to death" ? All said I was wicked, and perhaps I might be so; what thought had I been but just conceiving of starving myself to death? That certainly was a crime: and was I fit to die? Or was the vault under the chancel of Gateshead Church an inviting bourne? (from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, who died in 1865) Could you please tell me the structure of "what thought had I been but just conceiving of starving myself to death" in the sentences above and paraphrase it.