As Jane is in the gardens she sees Rochester and he asks to walk with her. He begins to tell Jane that he has decided to marry Blanche Ingram and that he knows of a job in Ireland available. As Jane is listening to what he has to tell her she is not liking what she is hearing, begins to tell Rochester she does not like how far Ireland is from where she lives. Jane and Rochester go sit on a bench underneath a tree and begin to talk more and Rochester tells Jane how he thought they were destined to be sitting there together. Jane is overwhelmed and begins to cry and expresses her love for him and he asks her to be his wife. She thought he was fooling around with her because of what he told her about Blanche but he said he only told her that to make her jealous, and it worked. Jane is ecstatic and accepts the proposal and they begin to hurry inside because a storm is coming and lightening ends up striking the tree right above where they were sitting. Before they went inside he kisses Jane and Mrs. Fairfax catches them and is shocked.
