A livid, vivid spark leapt out of a cloud at which I was looking, and there was a crack, a crash, and a close rattling peal; and I thought only of hiding my dazzled eyes against Mr. Rochester’s shoulder.
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 23. Jane bathes in the sunshine of her happiness at Mr. Rochester’s proposal of marriage. But a sudden change in the weather is foreshadowing of the bad events which are to follow. The couple are sent rushing inside by a flash of lightning, peel of thunder and sudden downpour of rain.