Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

MRS FAIRFAX (CONT'D)

I was quite surprised he didn't

make a proposal. Perhaps that is

his intention now.

INT. DAY. THORNFIELD - THE NURSERY.

Jane is at the window, brooding. Outside the rain is

pouring. Adele, dressed in yellow frills, is concerned.

ADELE

Qu'avez vous mademoiselle?

JANE

(without looking at her)

Nothing. Speak in English,

please.

Jane turns, expecting to see Adele.

INT. DAY. MORTON - THE SCHOOL ROOM.

Jane finds herself in front of her class. They are looking

at her expectantly. She looks back at them curiously. Eager

faces, plain rural clothes. She has quite lost her place.

JANE

Thank you, girls. You may go.

INT. EVENING. MORTON - THE SCHOOL ROOM.

Jane is tidying up at the end of the day. The classroom is

empty. Her life is bare. It shows on her face. She looks

up. St John Rivers is watching her from the door.

ST JOHN

Do you find the work too hard?

Jane immediately puts on a sprightly face and continues

clearing up.

JANE

Not at all. I'm getting on very

well.

ST JOHN

Do you feel the solitude an

oppression?

JANE

I hardly have time to notice it.

ST JOHN

Then perhaps your accommodations

have disappointed you. They are

in truth scanty enough -

Jane Eyre adapted by Moira Buffini March 2008 59.

JANE

A few months ago I had nothing. I

was wretched. Now I have a home

and work; free and honest. I

wonder at the goodness of God and

at the generosity of my friends.

St John approaches her; speaks intimately.

ST JOHN

What you had left before I met

you, I don't know. But I counsel

you to resist firmly every

temptation to look back.