Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

JANE

Why ever not?

MARY

He means to be a missionary. He's

going to India to do Gods's work.

JANE

Can he not do God's work here?

MARY

This quiet parish will never do for

him; he almost raves in his

restlessness. It breaks our hearts.

DIANA

St John burns with talents and

ambition. But he lacks the means

for advancement here. Our poverty

thwarts him at every turn and so he

has chosen to lay all his gifts on

God's altar.

MARY

We've tried to persuade him to

stay but in some things our

brother is - he is -

DIANA

Inexorable as death.

MARY

We are now without father. We'll

soon be without home and brother.

Jane feels a powerful compassion for them.

JANE

In one thing you are fortunate.

She looks over at the horizon.

JANE (CONT'D)

You have each other.