Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

MRS FAIRFAX (V.O.)

He didn't leave the house until

everyone was out. Some say it was a

just judgement on him for having

her confined there all those years

but for my part, I pity him.

INT. DAY. MRS FAIRFAX'S COTTAGE

Jane is deeply affected.

MRS FAIRFAX

He's alive child, but many think

he'd be better off dead.

Jane Eyre adapted by Moira Buffini March 2008 117.

JANE

Why?

MRS FAIRFAX

When he was taken out from under

the ruins, a beam had fallen in

such a way as to protect him,

partly - but his eye was taken

out and his left hand so crushed

that he lost it. The other eye

inflamed and - he is blind. He's

blind.

Tears fall from Jane's eyes.

MRS FAIRFAX (CONT'D)

I know... it's a terrible thing.

JANE

I had dreaded worse. I'd dreaded

he was mad.

A great sense of urgency is coming over her.

JANE (CONT'D)

Where is he?