It is always the way of events in this life…no sooner have you got settled in a pleasant resting place, than a voice calls out to you to rise and move on, for the hour of repose is expired.
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 23. Rochester tells Jane that she will soon have to leave Thornfield for good, because he is marrying Miss Ingram. This comes as a blow to Jane, who has become very attached to the place and grown fond of the people there.