Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

INT. DAY. THORNFIELD - MRS FAIRFAX'S PARLOUR.

A summer gale. The moan of the wind sounds almost human.

The light is sickly, nightmarish.

A great box sits on the table, which Jane is opening.

Adele, Sophie and Mrs Fairfax are all looking on. Jane

pulls out a pearl coloured wedding gown. She is dismayed at

its opulence.

She holds it up to herself. Adele starts to play with the

great veil. She wraps it round herself. She becomes caught

in it, tangled, distressed.

INT. NIGHT. THORNFIELD - JANE'S BEDROOM.

JANE

Adele?

Jane wakes. There is a candle alight at the end of her bed.

Her eyes focus. Her wardrobe is open. Jane is unnerved.

JANE (CONT'D)

Adele, is that you?

Jane Eyre adapted by Moira Buffini March 2008 87.

A form emerges, a woman, tall and gaunt, with thick, black

hair hanging down her back. She is dressed in a nightgown -

like a shroud. Over her head, she wears Jane's bridal veil;

a phantom bride.

Jane is paralysed with terror.

The form takes the veil and slowly tears it in half;

bruised arms, dirt, predatory nails, neglect. The last

thing to be revealed is the woman's face, pale and ghastly.

Her eyes are glittering with hatred.

The figure takes the candle and bends down to Jane. Her

intention looks deadly. Jane's breath catches. She cannot

breathe.

The figure moves closer, then blows out the candle.

Darkness.