I was actually permitting myself to experience a sickening sense of disappointment: but rallying my wits, and recollecting my principles, I at once called my sensations to order; and it was wonderful how I got over the temporary blunder – how I cleared up the mistake of supposing Mr. Rochester’s movements a matter in which I had any cause to take vital interest.
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 17. With Rochester not having returned for ten days, Jane is struggling with her feelings for him during his absense. She is dismayed when Mrs. Fairfax suggests that he may even take off to Europe for a year.