After the wedding was halted they go to Rochesters wife, Bertha Mason. Bertha spits on the dress of Jane, when she turns away the spit is no longer there.
During the first meeting between Mrs Fairfax, Mr Rochester and Jane Eyre; Mrs Fairfax serves tea and then sits down with her cup. The cup she is holding is clearly empty.
The teacup that Jane is drinking out of is Belleek. Belleek porcelain was first produced in 1863 and was not widely available outside Ireland until the mid-1860s while the blue mark on Jane's cup was first used in 1993.
The friction match that Rochester uses to light the fire for Jane is far too modern for the time, in size, shape, colour, method of lighting (on the side of the box), flame shape and size, and so on.
Matches in the early 1800s were usually made from wooden splints or cardboard, coated in chemicals and lit by dipping them in other chemicals, or in the case of the earliest (1826 onwards) friction matches (which looked nothing like the one shown), by dragging the match head through folded sandpaper.
Matches in the early 1800s were usually made from wooden splints or cardboard, coated in chemicals and lit by dipping them in other chemicals, or in the case of the earliest (1826 onwards) friction matches (which looked nothing like the one shown), by dragging the match head through folded sandpaper.
At one point, Jane tells Adèle to come with her and refers to Adèle as "Madame" rather than the proper form of "Mademoiselle" which is used for a young, unmarried girl.
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