Chapter 35

Question 1

Again when St John asks Jane is she will marry him or not, what does she answer? What does he say back to her?

Answer 1

“No, St john, I will not marry you. I adhere to my resolution… because you did not love me; now, I reply, because you almost hate me. If I were to marry you, you would kill me. You are killing me now.”
“‘I should kill you - I am killing you? Your words are such as ought not to be used: violent, unfeminine and untrue.”

Question 2

How does Jane stand up for her independence?

Answer 2

“God did not give me my life to throw away; and to do as you wish me would, I begin to think, be almost equivalent to committing suicide.”