Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

JANE

No...

HELEN

I don't have any talent to make

my way in life. I should be

always at fault. But God is my

friend. He loves me.

JANE

Then he must save you.

HELEN

He is saving me.

Jane cannot articulate her distress at Helen's words.

HELEN (CONT'D)

I feel like I could sleep now. I

like to have you near -

JANE

I won't leave you.

HELEN

You're so warm and alive. Jane,

you have a passion for living.

INT. DAY. LOWOOD - MISS TEMPLE'S ROOM.

We see Miss Temple looking down at the bed in the dazzling,

morning light. Jane, waking, has her small arms around

Helen, as if fiercely protecting her. Helen is ashen, her

eyes open, staring at some unseen thing. She is dead. Miss

Temple lifts Jane away.

MISS TEMPLE

Jane...

Jane realises what has happened. We hear the sound of her

distress begin. She is inconsolable.