I have talked, face to face, with what I reverence, with what I delight in,--with an original, a vigorous, an expanded mind. I have known you, Mr. Rochester; and it strikes me with terror and anguish to feel I absolutely must be torn from you for ever.
Vi ho conosciuto, signor Rochester, e sono colpita di terrore e di angoscia, pensando che debbo lasciarvi per sempre.