Pride and Prejudice of Jane Eyre

"You mean the arrival of Mr. Mason and Mr. Johnson?"

Mr. Rochester nodded, opened the drawer with his right hand, and took out a document: "Johnson reminded me not to tell others about this, but..." He fumbled for another cigar, lit it, and the smoke came from It leaked from his lips, "I can think of this layer, thanks to your reminder, Miss Jane. I think you are qualified to know this!"

He let out a long breath, and with a brisk tone, he motioned her to read the document: "This result is not easy to achieve! But it is still worth it."

Jane Eyre picked up the agreement and carefully read it from beginning to end.I can't speak, and I don't know if this is a good result.

It was stated in the agreement that Bertha Mason went crazy and became licentious because of a family hereditary disease. She had "betrayed" Rochester and "betrayed" this marriage, so Mr. Rochester proposed divorce.But the kind Mr. Rochester thought about the former relationship between husband and wife, and returned all of Mason's dowry. In addition, a quarter of Thornfield's income from the Thornfield estate would be used for Bertha Mason's food, clothing and medical treatment; Handed over to the church for confession and atonement to God - because he broke the vows he made at the wedding.

In addition, Bertha Mason will be brought back to the monastery on the family property by her younger brother, Mr. Mason. Mr. Mason will be solely responsible for finding a doctor and escort for her, and ensuring that the property Bertha Mason obtains from Thornfield every year will not be withheld by the Mason family , for her living needs.

In this agreement, Mr. Rochester directly gave away more than half of his family property - this can't be said to be nerve-wracking!However, for Bertha Mason, it seems that it is not fair.Her reputation was forced to be "damaged"... The status of women in this era is too low, unless it is for this reason, there is no chance of divorce at all, and even if she is divorced, because of this reason, even if she recovers mentally in the future, It is also difficult to have a normal life.

This is already the best result, but for these two people, the damage cannot be ignored.

Mr. Rochester lay comfortably on the backrest, squinting his eyes and smoking a cigar one after another, observing Jane Eyre's expression from shock to sadness to aphasia through the lingering smoke.

"The price is really beyond my imagination, sir." Jane Eyre was silent for a long time, and finally choked out this sentence.

Mr. Rochester showed a faint smile: "I'm already very satisfied with the result! Miss Jane, exchanging half of your net worth for the liberation of your soul is a bargain." He extinguished the cigarette in his hand.

Jane Eyre sighed: "Mrs. Mason... well, even this is better than being locked up in a dark attic." She suddenly thought again, "Then her future residence has been decided?"

"Yes, Mason and I are dealing with these things these days. There is a doctor near the monastery, and we give him a sum of money every month; I readily agree."

Jane Eyre nodded, she felt that she had to digest these things well.After flapping her butterfly wings, she finally changed Mr. Rochester's original tragedy, but even for this reason, she was happy for him, but she was not sure whether this ending was really going in a good direction.

She even thought, if Mr. Rochester married another, would that lady be kind to Adela?Will Adela be rejected by the hostess like her and be driven to a poor charity school? ——After all, Adele is not Mr. Rochester's biological child, and she no longer has any backers and relatives.

Jane Eyre retreated from the study, her mind was full of worries, the established fate was rewritten, then will it change from tragedy to comedy as expected?

Lawyer Johnson learned that Mr. Rochester had told Jane Eyre everything, and before she knew it, he had already investigated her family history. He is more suitable to be a detective than a lawyer.

For the first two days, Jane Eyre was still worrying about the future, but later she understood that it is better to do the things right now than to worry about the future.She continued to make a study table for Adele while conceiving new works.This time she really took writing as a career, and she is bound to be criticized and judged in the future.If the work is not hard enough, she doesn't even have a chance to refute.

However, Jane Eyre didn't know if she really had a "neurasthenia" or what was going on.She always felt that she was being stared at, and she always felt creepy when walking alone.But Mr. Rochester went up to check that day, and the lock was not broken.Jane Eyre had no choice but to carry quicklime with her. She also wanted to bring a knife, but she was afraid that this body was too weak. If there was a real fight, the knife would become a tool to threaten her.Besides, an ordinary person will always be merciful, but a lunatic will not.

On the first weekend after Christmas, Mr. Rochester had a little party.Their business was finally over, and Mr. Rochester decided to celebrate with a bottle of fine wine from his collection.Jane Eyre was also given a glass. According to Mr. Rochester, this wine was produced in Saumur, France. The rain was abundant and the climate was warm that year, and this batch of wine was especially suitable for aging.When he traveled to France when he was young, he wanted to buy a small piece of vineyard there, but he gave up after tasting enough fresh grapes and wine because it was too difficult to take care of.

The three gentlemen wanted to play cards, and Mr. Rochester invited Mrs. Fairfax to join him. Jane Eyre couldn't understand the game at this time. After standing behind Mrs. Fairfax for a while, she really couldn't understand, so she had to give up. Just happened to be alone to talk with Adela.After ten o'clock, Adela finally told herself that she was sleepy, and Jane Eyre was also tossed into drowsiness by the French in her ears.

She rang the bell, called Sophie, and carried Adele back to her room to sleep. "Miss Jane, I love you," whispered Adele as she bent down to kiss her.Jane Eyre's heart melted immediately, "I love you too, Adele, good night."

Jane Eyre was holding a candle, full of soft joy, and walked briskly back to the room. Downstairs, the gentlemen's laughter came up the stairs, and even the dark corridor that she usually thought was scary became less so. It's spooky.

Following the swaying, illuminated by a small square of bright candlelight, when she was about to walk to the door, she froze suddenly.

A knife was on her neck.