Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

JANE

With all my heart, sir.

DIANA

It's a shame she has no choice of

helpers, St John, and must put up

with such crusty people as you.

ST JOHN

This school you were at, Miss

Elliot, this charitable

institution; what did it prepare

you for?

CUT TO:

We see a bundle of sharp twigs come down on a girl's bare

neck, like a whip.

CUT TO:

Jane Eyre adapted by Moira Buffini March 2008 20.

Jane flinches at the memory.

ST JOHN (CONT'D)

Was it a thorough education?

JANE

Most thorough.

INT. DAY. LOWOOD - THE HALL.

Miss Scatcherd's bitter life is in her face and voice.

MISS SCATCHERD

Burns, Helen Burns!

Jane, aged ten, looks up. She is wearing a brown stuff

frock with a puritanical cap like all the other girls.

Silence reigns in the school hall.

A red haired girl of about thirteen stands up; Helen Burns.

Miss Scatcherd holds up an apron in which a hole has been

mistakenly cut.