Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

ROCHESTER

How do you know?

BRIGGS

I have a witness to the fact.

ROCHESTER

Produce him or go to hell.

The figure by the door steps out of the shadows. It is

Richard Mason. Rochester flies down the aisle, a groan of

rage escapes him. He lifts his arm.

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MASON

Good God -

WOOD

Sir, you are in a sacred place -

Mason flinches away. Rochester swallows his rage.

ROCHESTER

What have you to say?

MASON

She is at Thornfield Hall. I saw

her there in April. I'm her

brother.

A grim smile contorts Rochester's lips. He turns towards

Jane. She remains where she was abandoned - at the altar -

tiny, under he vaulted arch. The bouquet falls from her

hand. Rochester walks to her.

ROCHESTER

This girl knew nothing. She

thought all was fair and legal.

She never dreamt she was going to

be entrapped into a feigned union

with a defrauded wretch.

A tiny breath is the only noise Jane utters. Rochester

pulls her from the altar to his side.