Reading Journal 27-38

Jane wakes up to realise she must leave Thornfield. Mr Rochester catches her and tries to persuade Jane not to leave, and we learn abit more of Rochesters past. Jane is very sure that she must leave and so she does, despite her love for Rochester. Jane then finds herself alone wandering through the woods, when she comes across a small cottage, the Rivers house. She meets the Rivers, St John and his two sisters. Jane begins to start a new life with the Rivers and soon starts to forget about Mr Rochester, and gets on with her life. She is happy again. St John declares that he loves Jane, but Jane does not believe this as he barely knows her. Jane begins to work at a charity school and Rosamond Oliver provides Jane with her own cottage to live in. However Jane no longer enjoys teaching and discusses with St John, how it may be the wrong career path. Rosamond asks Jane to draw her her portrait and while doing so Jane talks to St John. She boldly suggests that he should marry Rosamond. John agrees he does like her, but would not be a suitable wife for a missionary. Something then catches St Johns eye on the corner of the paper, he tears a piece off and hurrys out of the room. One night St John meets Jane and tells her the story of a young governess, living at Thornfield. Who fled. Up to this point Jane had not revealed herself to the Rivers and had given a false second name. But St John was not fooled and knew it was her, he told Jane that the reason she was being looked for was because her uncle had died and left her the sum of 20,000 pounds. Jane gives in and admits to her name, and at this St John explained how he is in fact Janes cousin. Jane is overjoyed to know she has finally found true family members and decides to divide her inheritance equally amongst her new family. St John becomes colder in character as he finds out that Rosamond is engaged to another man, at this he asks Jane to come to India with him, become a missionary and marry him, she agrees to all except the marriage as she does not love him. For the next week St John persists on asking Jane to marry him. One night at dinner John says a prayer for Jane and Jane feels almost compelled to marry him, however she hears Mr Rochester calling from a great distance, she fears something terrible has happened.