Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

INT. NIGHT. THORNFIELD - MRS FAIRFAX'S PARLOUR.

Adele's song continues as a voiceover. Mrs Fairfax is

finishing a shawl. Jane is showing Adele pictures of little

objects that she has sketched. Adele names them in English.

The song ends. Jane gives Adele a sketch of herself.

ADELE

Me! It is me!

Mrs Fairfax shakes out the finished shawl and puts it round

Jane's shoulders, departing before Jane can protest.

MRS FAIRFAX

Here. For you.

Jane Eyre adapted by Moira Buffini March 2008 35.

Jane is delighted at the kindness of the gift.

INT. NIGHT. THORNFIELD - THE LONG GALLERY

Jane holds a candle, the shawl around her; the moaning

sound of a gale outside. She holds her candle up to the

portrait of the voluptuous woman.

She stares at it curious, both as a girl and as an artist.

She brings the candle close, to see how the brushwork has

achieved the effect of flesh. She hears a low, knowing

laugh in the darkness behind her. She is startled.

JANE

Who's there?

Her own huge shadow is the only thing that moves. She hears

the laugh again. She follows it through the darkness, alert

with fear. A door clicks shut at the end of the corridor.

To her relief Jane sees Mrs Fairfax approach with a lamp.