Jane Eyre II

Jane finds the house party stressful, and its not a good part of the book. Charlotte knew little of high society and her upper class characters are pretty exaggerated and badly drawn. They are all snobbish and rude and they make a fuss of Adele but make it clear that they dont like governesses and rate them as no higher than servants. Rochester pays a lot of attention to a young lady, Blanche Ingram, and seems to indicate that he is thinking of marrying her. However he talks to Jane in a friendly way at times and she begins to fall in love with him. She finds Blanche very haughty and unlikable. There are other things going on in the house which unnerve her. She hears strange noises at night, and another night, Rochester calls her, very late, to help him with a man who has been apparently injured by some kind of attack. Jane asks no questions but looks after the man till a doctor can be called. Rochester is pleased with her. The man leaves Thornfield and no more is heard of him. Rochester goes on hinting that he's going to marry Blanche and Jane gets angry. She tells him that if he marries Blanche she will leave and seek another post.