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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.

“Your uncle is a friend of Mr. Mason. When he received your letter, he told Mr. Mason about the wedding. They realized what was going on, and Mason came to intervene. We arrived just in time.”

the creature pulled the hair away from its face, and I knew for certain it was the strange woman who had come into my room the night before last.

wounded arm. Mr. Rochester drew aside the tapestry to reveal the hidden door, opened it, and summoned us inside. A fire burned in the grate, and over it leaned the familiar shape of Grace Poole, stirring something in a saucepan. Beyond her, a strange creature moved to and fro, crouching and crawling on all fours. It wore a long white gown, and a tangle of matted hair hid its face.

A wife my father forced me to marry fifteen years ago. A wife who – although they concealed it from me – is a madwoman, a wild, drunken monster.

You have never heard of her, because I kept her hidden. It is all true. I admit I was planning to marry again, because I wanted happiness for myself

said Mason. “She lives at Thornfield Hall, and I saw her there in April. I am her brother.”

“So I was married,” Mr. Rochester snarled. “That does not mean my wife is still alive.” “She was still living three months ago,” said the solicitor. “I have a witness who saw her.” Now the second figure came out of the shadows at the back of the church. It was Mr. Mason.

“I am Mr. Briggs, a solicitor from London.”

“Mr. Rochester is already married,” he said. His words sliced through me like a knife.