Chapter 11
Jane first hears the "curious laugh; distinct, formal, mirthless." Attributed to Grace Poole.
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From Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Bertha Mason's presence at Thornfield manifests as a strange laugh and a series of nighttime violences long before her identity is revealed.
Chapter 15
Bertha sets fire to Rochester's bed; Jane saves him, and their intimacy deepens.
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Mason is bitten and stabbed in the night; Jane tends him while Rochester fetches the surgeon.
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Bertha enters Jane's room and rends the wedding veil--Jane describes her as a "Vampyre."
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