But there is a difficulty, and But there is a difficulty, and eventually, to accomplish the eventually, to accomplish the meeting of the parted lovers, meeting of the parted lovers, the taking in of the candles is the taking in of the candles is considered as a pretext. considered as a pretext. Catherine cries:--"Heathcliffe's Rochester cries:--"... What come back--he is.... I'm afraid sweet delusion has come over me? the joy is too great to be What sweet madness has seized real!" me?" "I shall think it a dream "I am come back to you," says to-morrow. I shall not be able Jane. to believe I have seen and touched and spoken to you once "I have touched you, heard more," says Catherine to you.... To-morrow I fear I shall Heathcliffe. And reproachfully find [you] no more," says he exclaims:-- Rochester to Jane. And reproachfully he exclaims:-- "I've fought through a bitter life since last I heard your "Who can tell what a dark, voice, and you must forgive me, hopeless life I have dragged on for I struggled only for you." for months past? ... feeling ... but ... a ceaseless sorrow and "Cruel Heathcliffe, you don't ... a very delirium of desire to deserve this welcome," says behold my Jane again. Yes; for Catherine; "to be absent ... and her restoration I longed.... never think of me." Cruel, cruel, deserter! O Jane, what did I feel when I discovered you had fled from Thornfield?" says Rochester. Catherine had risen in angry Rochester had risen in angry rebellion against God because of rebellion against God because of the cruel fate that had divided the cruel fate that had divided her and Heathcliffe; but now him and Jane, but now that she that he was restored to her, she was restored to him, he was was reconciled, and was thankful reconciled, and was thankful of of heart. heart. -------- -------- And thus, from the rainy day And thus, from the rainy day incident in Catherine's early incident in Jane's early childhood to the reconciliation childhood to the reconciliation of Catherine and Heathcliffe, we of Jane and Rochester, we have have the main narrative of the the main narrative of the heroine and hero of _Wuthering heroine and hero of _Jane Eyre_, Heights_, obviously written by obviously written by Charlotte Charlotte Brontë from facts in Brontë from facts in her own her own life. life.