Like a lover who wishes to catch a glimpse of his lover's face without waking her, then finds she is "stone dead," Jane is appalled by the sight that awaits her: Thornfield is a blackened ruin. She is anxious to see him again and hurries the two miles from the coach stop to the house, worrying that he may be in Europe. She catches a coach at Whitcross, the same one she road from Thornfield a year earlier.Īlighting from the coach, Jane finds herself again on Rochester's lands. At breakfast, she tells Diana and Mary she'll be away at least four days. Jane wanders the house, thinking about the previous night's visitation: Was it a delusion? It seemed to come from her, not from the external world. It is the first of June, yet the day is chilly and overcast.
John slides a note under Jane's door, reminding her to resist temptation.
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