Pride and Prejudice of Jane Eyre

After making arrangements for Li Wen and his wife, Jane Eyre returned to the room with the box in her hands.

Living in such a closed environment as Thornfield, she was familiar with the owner and servants of Thornfield. Gradually and unconsciously, she put her thoughts and life center in this house, and even forgot about Jane Eyre. other relatives and social relations.

This can't be her fault, she was an orphan in her previous life, and everything depends on herself.Although her relatives and elders are nice to her, she rarely contacts them for fear of being taken as a drag.After all, the relationship between people is too complicated, they are willing to take the initiative to help is completely different from their own door-to-door help.

Jane Eyre’s mother owned Gateshead House, and her uncle, Mr. Reed, had a very deep relationship with her mother, brother and sister. If he didn’t pass away prematurely, Jane Eyre’s life would not be particularly difficult, at least without financial difficulties. Mrs. Reed and her children will not be too much under the pressure; as for the father, the father is just a poor pastor, favored by a rich lady, married her and gave birth to Jane, who is poor but happy.It’s just that the well-meaning pastor caught typhoid fever while helping the poor, and then infected his wife. The two died within a month...

Although her parents died, she still has relatives.This is the secret of this box.

Jane Eyre sat on the edge of the bed and opened the box, which was empty, only a thin letter. 'There have been a lot of letters handled in the past two days. ' The idea popped into her head.

This letter is written by Jane Eyre's uncle, John Eyre, to Mrs. Reed.Adventurous as a young man, seeking thrills but also wanting to make a living, he went there to try his luck after the British took over Madeira.After the Napoleonic Wars ended, Madeira Islands became a Portuguese territory again, and it was difficult for him to return to the UK.Fortunately, after painstaking efforts, wealth has accumulated rapidly.Currently unmarried and childless, she hopes to adopt Jane Eyre as her adopted daughter while she is still alive, and to leave the inheritance to her after death.He asked her how his niece Jane Eyre was in contact and how she was doing.

Jane Eyre already knew from the original book that Mrs. Reed did not want her to enjoy happiness, and wrote back that she had already suffered from the same disease as her parents in Lowood - typhoid fever and died.But now that she got this letter, she guessed that Mrs. Reed had thought of letting her go to the only elder relative in her last days of repentance, so she asked Bessie to bring this letter to her.

Jane Eyre relaxed, looked at the pattern on the bed sheet, and fell into deep thought.She didn't know if her uncle was still alive at this time. Jane Eyre in the original novel learned of her uncle's death from her cousins ​​after a long time after leaving Thornfield—ah!By the way, she has cousins!Her aunt's children were still there, but she had no idea where they were.If the original plot was followed, she might still meet them by coincidence, but the situation has completely changed now.She didn't have that reason to leave Thornfield resolutely, and she didn't know which direction to look for.

She was having a headache when there was a knock on the door.She put the letter on the bed and opened the door.

"Miss Jane, I just saw that your complexion is not very good. What's the matter? Would you like to tell me?" Mrs. Fairfax asked with concern.Seeing the undisguised worry in the eyes of the elders in front of her, Jane Eyre also had the desire to confide. Maybe the elders watching could give her better advice.

She nodded: "I do have a doubt. If you are willing to answer it for me, I will be very grateful." Jane Eyre turned sideways and signaled Mrs. Fairfax to enter, and she closed the door again.

Mrs. Fairfax sat on a stool at her table, and they sat and moved exactly as Mr. Rochester had last late at night!Jane Eyre suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu.

Jane Eyre was silent for a while, thinking about how to speak.Mrs. Fairfax did not urge her.After a while, she decided to tell her the whole thing and showed her the uncle's letter.

"I'm not sure if my uncle is still alive, and Mrs. Reed must say that I'm dead. If I write a letter to my uncle rashly, he will definitely not believe it. So... I want to take a trip to Madeira Islands !"

"What!" Mrs. Fairfax was startled: "You are such a bold girl! Not to mention how far Madeira is, how can you, a single lady, go on the road alone? If your uncle is no longer there Well, what should I do?"

Jane Eyre also realized that she was too sloppy, and the traffic and safety in this era don't need future generations. "I was thinking about it... sorry." She said in a low tone.

Mrs. Fairfax flattened the letter and placed it on the table, unconsciously touching the table with her fingers: "Madeira... If I remember correctly, before the Napoleonic War, Mr. Rochester was still a boy. I've been there for sex when I was there! Maybe he can help."

"This... is too much trouble, sir. I'm just a tutor, and I don't want to owe him too much favor."

"Miss Jane, don't you know your influence on Mr. Fairfax?" Mrs. Fairfax was taken aback, then smiled softly, "I'll just say it straight, I hope you don't mind... I once doubted it too, You...cough cough. After all, tutors and hostesses are always the protagonists in novels."

Jane Eyre's face turned red all of a sudden: "Don't think so! I didn't..."

"...But I looked at it coldly, and I can see that you don't have that kind of thought for him, and he also told you about 'that'." Mrs. Fairfax comforted her, "You are a good girl, and you don't have those thoughts. I know that Mr. Rochester is old enough to be your father! I have lived for so many years, and I have seen everything. After all, I also manage this house, naturally I also guess what happened here at these times."

"Mr. Rochester has been in and out these few days, and he always receives letters from lawyers. I see that his complexion is getting better and better, and his mood seems to be as cheerful as when he was young and inexperienced. I watched him step by step. Now that I am like this, I am happy in my heart; I am even more grateful for your influence on Thornfield! Don't worry, I will tell him for you." She patted Jane Eyre's hand comfortingly.

"Mrs. Fairfax, I really don't know how to thank you! What's more, if my uncle is still alive, I really don't know how to leave Thornfield and Adele!" Jane Eyre felt very guilty, and she I can't even fulfill my responsibilities!

"We don't just regard you as a tutor, Jane." Her old eyes were not as strange and distanced as she usually treats servants, and the somewhat cloudy pupils even glistened with water, "You are also Our family is gone!"