If I were to marry you, you would kill me. You are killing me now.

St. John continues to make life miserable for Jane.

Who is ambitious? I know I am: but how did you find that out?

Jane becomes acquainted with the Rivers, and (eventually) takes up a new vocation.

Not a tie links me to any living thing: not a claim do I possess to admittance under any roof in England.

Jane starts a new life, but remains burdened by the past.