If she had managed the victory at once, and he had yielded and sincerely laid his heart at her feet, I should have covered my face, turned to the wall, and (figuratively) have died to them.
Si elle eût gagné la victoire, si M. Rochester eût été sincèrement épris d'elle, j'aurais voilé mon visage; je me serais tournée du côté de la muraille et je serais morte pour eux, au figuré s'entend.