Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

INT. DAY. THORNFIELD - THE KITCHENS.

Jane sets down several bottles of wine on the kitchen table

in order to dust them. The kitchen is a hive of activity -

except for one lone figure sitting quietly in a chair by

the fire, smoking a pipe; Grace Poole. Leah and one of the

hired under cooks are talking abut her.

UNDER COOK

She gets good wages, I'd guess?

LEAH

Wish I had as good; not one fifth

what Mrs Poole receives.

Jane affects not to listen, but is keenly interested.

LEAH (CONT'D)

And she's laying it all by. I

shouldn't wonder if she's saved

enough to keep her independent.