“My daughter, flee temptation.”
“Mother, I will.”
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 27. Jane dreams of her dead mother, transformed from the moon, whispering in her heart to flee temptation and do what is morally right. She promises that she will. The dream comes after the cancelation of her wedding, when Rochester is found to be already legally married to the madwoman in the attic. Gathering her modest belongings, Jane sneaks out of Thornfield and steals away. Jane’s mother died of typhus when she was a young girl.