Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

JANE

It's what I mean to do.

ST JOHN

We can overcome every kind of human

weakness. A year ago I was myself

intensely miserable. I considered

my life was so wretched that it

must be changed - or I would die.

After a season of darkness and

struggling, light broke. I heard my

call from God. Put your trust in

him, Jane. Let him lead you to your

future.

JANE

Thank you.

St John is turning to go.

JANE (CONT'D)

Why were you intensely miserable?

ST JOHN

A year ago, I was weak enough to

fall in love.

Jane moves involuntarily towards him.

ST JOHN (CONT'D)

Don't pity me; I have no compassion

whatsoever for you. I regarded this

love as a fever of the flesh; not a

thing that would ever touch my

soul. I scorned the weakness,

fought hard against it - and won.

Jane is incredulous. St John is at her desk. It is covered

in her drawings. He glances through them.

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