That bitter hour cannot be described: in truth, “the waters came into my soul; I sank in deep mire: I felt no standing; I came into deep waters; the floods overflowed me.”
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 26. After discovering that Rochester has been hiding a secret wife, Jane breaks down and feels like she is drowning. This passage are the last lines in the chapter and Jane is quoting from Psalm 69:2. The flood is a metaphor for her anguish.