Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

ST JOHN

Who?

JANE

Mr Rochester; how is he?

ST JOHN

I'm ignorant of all concerning him.

St John opens his pocket book and removes a piece of paper.

ST JOHN (CONT'D)

Well, since you won't ask the

governess's name, I must tell

you. I have it written down here

in black and white.

He hands her the paper. On it are doodled the heads of some

of her pupils. She has absently written Jane Eyre in the

margin several times.

ST JOHN (CONT'D)

A solicitor named Briggs wrote to

me of a Jane Eyre. I knew a Jane

Elliott. This paper resolved my

suspicion into certainty.

Jane Eyre adapted by Moira Buffini March 2008 104.

JANE

The solicitor - Mr Briggs - does

he have any news of Mr Rochester?

ST JOHN

Are you not going to enquire why

he has gone to such lengths to

find you?