The rain rushed down. He hurried me up the walk, through the grounds, and into the house; but we were quite wet before we could pass the threshold. He was taking off my shawl in the hall, and shaking the water out of my loosened hair, when Mrs. Fairfax emerged from her room. I did not observe her at first, nor did Mr. Rochester. The lamp was lit. The clock was on the stroke of twelve.
"Hasten to take off your wet things," said he; "and before you go, good- night — good-night, my darling!"
He kissed me repeatedly. When I looked up, on leaving his arms, there stood the widow, pale, grave, and amazed.
— Jane Eyre, Chapter XXIII. Charlotte Brontë
RUTH WILSON and TOBY STEPHENS as JANE EYRE and EDWARD FAIRFAX ROCHESTER in JANE EYRE (2006) dir. SUSANNA WHITE






