Failing to find him in the neighborhood the next morning, she journeys back to Thornfield where she is shocked to find the great manor house gutted by fire and completely in ruins.

• 次日上午，她在附近未能找到他，便回到桑菲尔德庄园，却惊慌地发现那幢宏大的庄园宅邸已被大火焚毁，成为一片废墟。