Jane Eyre - Chapters 11-16

In chapter eleven Jane arrives at Thornfield later than expected due to her driver being late. Jane meets Mrs Fairfax who she realises is the housekeeper at Thornfield rather than the owner. She arrives at Thornfield at night time and she finds it agreeable even though it is dark. Jane finds out that the owner of Thornfield, Mr Rochester leaves Mrs Fairfax in charge of the house most of the time as he regularly travels. Jane meets her new tutee called Adele. Adele is a young French girl who lives at Thornfield. The reader is also introduced to a strange character called Grace who makes her appearance by loudly laughing demonically. Mrs Fairfax explains to Jane that Grace is a very odd seamstress who works at Thornfield.
.In chapter 12 Jane enjoys her life at Thornfield and likes working with Adele who Jane realises is quite intelligent. Jane also meets Mr Rochester in this chapter, she sees a man riding a horse and watches him fall off. She goes and helps him up as he had injured his ankle. Jane is told that this is Mr Rochester.
In chapter 13 Jane and Adele are invited to have dinner with Mr Rochester who is cold towards them. Rochchester is interested in Jane’s artwork however.
In chapter 14 Jane does not see Mr Rochester often but after dinner one evening he sends for Jane and Adele. He gives Adele a present which she is happy about and she plays with it. Rochester asks Jane if she thinks he is handsome which embarrasses Jane. Adele talks about her mother and Jane is interested by this. Mr Rochester promises to tell Jane about Adele’s Mother later on.
In chapter 15 Rochester tells Jane about Adele’s mother. She was a singer and dancer who Rochester had had a relationship with. He refuses to believe that he is her father as Adele looks nothing like him and her mother had an affair. The reason Adele is at Thornfield is because her mother abandoned her and Rochester wanted Adele to be cared for properly. Jane lies awake in the night and she hears an evil laugh. She looks out of her door to check out the situation and she sees smoke coming out of Rochester’s room. She dashes in and puts water on the fire to quench it. Rochester realises Jane has saved his life and he is thankful. He makes her promise not to mention the incident however.
In chapter 16 Jane is confused as no one thinks anything scandalous of the fire in Rochester’s room. Everyone thinks he fell asleep with a candle still lit and even Grace Poole shows no sign of guilt of remorse. This annoys Jane as Jane believes that grace was the culprit. Rochester leaves for a party at a lady called Blanche Ingram’s house. Jane is upset because she has feelings for him.