Return to Thornfield
St. John makes one more attempt to persuade Jane, by suggesting she pray for light while he is away for a fortnight. She dismisses this and leaves to check on Rochester indirectly, by which I mean she has no intention of speaking to him directly, she intends only to find out how he is doing. She journeys back to Thornfield only to find it burned and in ruins. She returns to the inn, where the keeper relates the story of Bertha having set fire to the place and Rochester saving the lives of all the servants before the building collapsed on him, crushing a hand and causing him to go blind. The innkeeper tells Jane that Rochester is at a farmhouse, Ferndean, about 30 miles off.

Ferndean
Jane travels to Rochester’s residence and surprises him. She relates to him that she is now independent, with an income from her deceased Uncle. Despite his desire for her, Rochester tries to dissuade her from committing herself to him, as he considers himself a “sightless block”. Jane will have none of this and tells him that while his injuries are, indeed, a pity, she nonetheless still loves him. He marvels that she would love him as such. She insists they have supper together and the ease with which they converse restores both to the mutual sense of belonging. He wants more information about her time spent at Moorhouse and she promises to tell him the rest in the morning.

The next morning she relates what had happened to her after she fled. He tells her that she needn’t have fled like that, he would never have been such a tyrant as to force her to stay, and beyond that, he would have easily given her half of all he owned just to be sure that she could make her way in the world. In the course of narrating her sojourn at Moorhouse, she mentions St. John and their relationship, which causes Rochester to question Jane about him. 
Is he good? Very
He is old? Only 29
Plain? No, untiringly active with great deeds to perform.
Soft-headed? No, first-rate.
Able? Very
Educated? Very
With good manners? Very
Appearance? Tall and Handsome.
Damn him! LOL

Rochester selflessly tells Jane to go to St. John, as he feels his rival would be better for Jane. Jane, of course, rejects this suggestion, insisting she loves him, Rochester, unequivocally. Rochester confesses his own gratitude to God and the work that the Lord has been doing in his heart to humble him and change him. The start of the last chapter has Jane telling us: Reader, I married him.