Reed admits to writing to John to the effect that Jane had died at Lowood. Jane returns to her dying aunt, who gives her a letter from Jane's paternal uncle, John Eyre, asking that Jane live with him in Madeira as his heir. Jane receives word that her cousin John has committed suicide, leading her aunt to suffer a stroke. Rochester confides in Jane, cryptically, that he is haunted by a past mistake but has fallen for a new woman in his life Jane believes he means Blanche. Jane notices a hidden door in Rochester's room before Mason is taken away by a doctor. Rochester reassures the guests, but brings Jane to tend to Mason, who has been badly injured. That night, the household is awakened by a scream. Rochester confronts Jane, who is hurt by Blanche's presence, but is interrupted by an unexpected guest – Richard Mason from Spanish Town, Jamaica, whose arrival disturbs Rochester. Fairfax tells Jane is Rochester's prospective wife she and her family return with him a few weeks later on a grand visit to Thornfield. The next day, Rochester leaves suddenly to call on Blanche Ingram, who Mrs. One night, Jane discovers Rochester's room on fire, which they manage to extinguish he warns her not to speak of the incident, and they share a chaste but passionate moment. He grudgingly praises her instruction of Adèle, and her own "openess and unpolluted mind ” the two find themselves curiously attracted to one another. Returning to Thornfield, she learns the man is Edward Rochester, master of the house. One day, Jane sees a rider thrown by his horse and comes to his aid. Fairfax, Jane begins a plain and isolated life as governess to Adèle Varens, the young French ward of Thornfield's owner.
Brocklehurst, the girls are beaten, but Jane befriends fellow pupil Helen Burns, who dies of consumption.Įight years later, Jane, now 18, leaves Lowood for a position at Thornfield Hall. Jane is sent to the Lowood School for Girls under the strict Mr. An orphan, she is treated cruelly by her cousin John and aunt Mrs. The film flashes between Jane's recovery and her grim childhood. John Rivers and his sisters Diana and Mary they take Jane in and nurse her back to health. She collapses at the doorstep of Moor House, home of St. A tearful Jane Eyre runs away from Thornfield Hall, finding herself alone on the moors.