Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

ROCHESTER (CONT'D)

Come, Jane. That house is a

dungeon, don't you feel it?

JANE

It seems to me a splendid

mansion, sir.

ROCHESTER

It is slime and cobwebs.

EXT. DAWN. THORNFIELD - THE ORCHARD.

The orchard is a different world; the dawn light

illuminating dewy trees. Rochester is silent. Jane is

trying to fathom him.

JANE

Will Grace Poole stay here now?

ROCHESTER

Oh yes, don't trouble your head

about her.

JANE

But sir -

ROCHESTER

Grace Poole is not the danger.

He walks off, pulling the heads off flowers as he passes.

ROCHESTER (CONT'D)

You've noticed my tender feelings

for Miss Ingram?

Jane Eyre adapted by Moira Buffini March 2008 73.

JANE

Yes sir.

ROCHESTER

Keep vigil with me again, the night

before I marry. For now you've met

my lovely one and you know her.

She's a rare one, isn't she?