Bertha Mason, who is really Bertha Rochester (Mr. Rochester's legal wife), has gone insane and been locked up by her husband in the attic of the house. Although a number of strange things have happened during Jane's stay at Thornfield Hall, Bertha's existence is only confirmed for her when Bertha's brother interrupts her wedding to Mr. Rochester, preventing it from going forward with his (accurate) claim that Rochester already has a wife. Jane runs away from Thornfield and Mr. Rochester, eventually finding herself gravely ill near the home of the Rivers family, and they take care of her until she can stand on her own two feet again. She inherits some money from her uncle and returns to Thornfield, having mystically heard Mr. Rochester's voice calling out for her. It is then that she learns that Bertha died in a fire that she herself had set in the house (she already set fire to it once before, in Mr. Rochester's bedroom).
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