Jane declines St. John’s offer to travel with him to India because she believes that it is not the right course for her to take in life. There are a few reasons that she comes to this conclusion, which all turn out to be right. First of all, she does not want to marry St. John because she knows that he does not truly love her, and she would just be looked at as a tool, which is not what she wants. Second of all, she and her cousins came to the conclusion that the harsh conditions of India would eventually bring her to an early death, which would have likely proved to be true since the very same thing happened to
