In Chapter 10 Jane expresses how she misses her dear teacher. "From the day she left I was no longer the same: with her was gone every settled feeling, every association that had made Lowood in some degree a home to me" (Bronte 76).
Jane decided it was time to leave Lowood and move onto another life. She advertised in the newspaper to be a governess. A woman, Mrs. Fairfax, writes her back informing her of a job in Millcote. Jane accepts the offer and leaves Lowood School to work at Thornfield Hall.
When Jane arrives at Thornfield Hall she meets Mrs. Fairfax, the housekeeper. She is a gentle person with a motherly quality, which is very endearing to Jane. Jane meets her pupil, Adele Varens. They get along well and become friends. Mr. Rochester is the owner of the Thornfield estate. Jane meets him one day while she was delivering mail for Mrs. Fairfax. She caused him to fall of his horse and he sprains his ankle. Jane later realizes he is her boss. Jane notices some strange things going on at Thornfield Hall. She often hears screams coming from the mysterious third floor.
Jane begins to have strong feelings for Mr. Rochester. She does not act upon them because Mr. Rochester is supposed to marry Blanche Ingram, a beautiful, fine, woman. Jane does not believe they truly love each other but they are good match for each other. Later Mr. Rochester admits that he used Blanche to make her jealous. He admits his love for her and asks her to marry him. In Chapter 23 true feelings are revealed. "What love have I for Miss Ingram? None: and that you know. What love has she for me? None: as I have taken pains to prove.I would not-I could not-marry Miss Ingram. You-you strange, you almost unearthly thing! I love you as my own flesh. You-poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are-I entreat to accept me as a husband" (Bronte 241-242).
However, Jane and Mr. Rochester do not get married. Mr. Rochester is already married to Bertha Mason, the woman living on the third floor of the Thornfield Mansion.
