Rochester bummed around Europe taking different mistresses and living it up. Rochester got sick of being a party animal and went home to England. Jane refuses to live with Rochester bigamously and leaves him. Rochester became wild and savage and sent Mrs. Rochester sulked at Thornfield, practically a hermit. When Bertha set fire to the house, Rochester rescued the few servants still living there and tried to rescue Bertha, too, but she committed suicide. Jane returns to Rochester and they get married.
After two years, Rochester gets his sight back a little bit. Jane and Rochester have a son. Logging out…. Logging out You've been inactive for a while, logging you out in a few seconds Once she realizes that the horse has a rider, the uncanny moment ceases. Just after the horse passes her, it slips on a patch of ice, and its rider tumbles to the ground. Jane helps the man rise to his feet and introduces herself to him. She observes that he has a dark face, stern features, and a heavy brow.
He is not quite middle-aged. Upon reentering Thornfield, Jane goes to Mrs. Rochester, who has just returned home with a sprained ankle, having fallen from his horse. The day following his arrival, Mr. When Jane mentions to Mrs. Fairfax suggests that his mannerisms are the result of a difficult personal history. Rochester was something of a family outcast, and when his father died, his older brother inherited Thornfield.
Jane sees little of Rochester during his first days at Thornfield. Their conversation turns to the concepts of sin, forgiveness, and redemption. When he discovered that Celine was engaged in relations with another man, Rochester ended the relationship. Bertha soon revealed herself to be coarse, perverse, and prone to violent outbreaks of temper and unhealthy indulgences. These excesses only hastened the approach of what had been lurking on her horizon already: absolute madness.
He considered killing himself but returned to England instead. When he was met with disappointment, he sank into debauchery. Rochester retells the story of their introduction from his point of view, telling her that she enchanted him from the start. Jane feels torn. Yet her conscience tells her that she will respect herself all the more if she bears her suffering alone and does what she believes to be right. She tells Rochester that she must go, but she kisses his cheek and prays aloud for God to bless him as she departs.
That night, Jane has a dream in which her mother tells her to flee temptation. She grabs her purse, sneaks down the stairs, and leaves Thornfield. Riding in a coach, Jane quickly exhausts her meager money supply and is forced to sleep outdoors. She spends much of the night in prayer, and the following day she begs for food or a job in the nearby town. No one helps her, except for one farmer who is willing to give her a slice of bread.
After another day, Jane sees a light shining from across the moors. Following it, she comes to a house. Through the window, Jane sees two young women studying German while their servant knits. From their conversation Jane learns that the servant is named Hannah and that the graceful young women are Diana and Mary.
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