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1. Rochester hurries Jane to the church, where two strangers wait as the marriage service begins.
2. Briggs interrupts the ceremony, and Richard Mason confirms that Rochester’s wife lives at Thornfield Hall.
3. Rochester admits the charge and leads Jane, the lawyer, Mason, and the clergyman to Bertha’s room.
4. Bertha attacks Rochester, who restrains her with Grace Poole’s help and asks the witnesses to judge his situation.
5. Briggs explains that Jane’s letter reaches her sick uncle, whose request brings Mason and Briggs to prevent the marriage.
6. Alone in her room, Jane removes her wedding dress, confronts her ruined hopes, and inwardly turns toward God.

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