Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

JANE

He stayed at Thornfield?

MRS FAIRFAX

Didn't leave the house...

I/E. DAY. THORNFIELD - THE FRONT DOOR/GROUNDS.

Rochester, unshaven and unkempt is standing at his

threshold.

MRS FAIRFAX (V.O.)

Shut himself up like a hermit. He

only went out at night, when he

walked like a ghost through the

grounds.

We see what he is looking at: an open carriage piled with

luggage, into which Mrs Fairfax is helping Adele. Leah and

Sophie are already sitting inside, dressed for a journey.

MRS FAIRFAX (V.O.) (CONT'D)

He'd have no one near him. Adele

was sent off to school. He placed

me here. Only John and Martha

stayed - and Mrs Poole of course.

Adele looks back at Rochester with tears in her eyes. He

walks across the dark hall and slams the library doors.