because he thought I should make a suitable missionary's wife, which she would not have done". Jane scolds St. John's idea of love as it relates to her. It does not qualify as love as defined in conduct books. She feels that for St. John to "endure all forms of love" without passion is "monstrous" (Bronte 1989: 449). Rochester and Blanche Ingram's union is similarly "monstrous." Rochester plans to marry Blanche not for love but "for family, perhaps political reasons; because her rank and connexions suited him," and as Jane sees it, Blanche was "ill adapted to win from him that treasure [his love] . . . she could not charm him" (Bronte's italics 1989: 188). It is clear that Blanche is attracted to Rochester's wealth and not his character. That is why after hearing a rumor that Rochester's fortune "was not a third of what was supposed" (Bronte 1989: 257), Blanche and her mother turn cold to Rochester. It is clear that any union between Rochester and Blanche Ingram would be a marriage
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