Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

MRS REED (CONT'D)

You will now stay here an hour

longer.

JANE

No - Aunt, have pity -

MRS REED

And only when you are perfectly

submissive will I let you out.

JANE

Please - I cannot bear it -

MRS REED

Silence. This violence is

repulsive.

JANE

I shall be killed -

MRS REED

Get back!

JANE

Have mercy, have mercy I beg you -

Mrs Reed throws her back into the room, slams the door and

turns the key. We hear Jane's unspeakable howls of terror,

her anguished bangs upon the door.

Bessie is looking at Mrs Reed aghast. Mrs Reed withers her

with a frozen glare.

INT. DUSK. GATESHEAD - THE RED ROOM.

We see Jane in her distress, hitting her head on the door.

She falls back. On the floor, her arms and legs move beyond

her control. She is having a fit. When it is over, we see

Jane unconscious. She is lying in a pool of ghostly light.