I knew I was the same person I had been an hour ago; but my future was gone. My life was changed forever. There was still love for Mr. Rochester in my heart, but it was like a sick child, or a cold, trembling animal that could not be revived. I could no longer trust him, and I must go away from him – that much I was sure of. How, where, what I would do I did not know, but I could not stay here. I was, as I had always really been, alone. And there was no one to help me.