Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

EXT. DAY. LOWOOD - THE GROUNDS. SPRING.

Jane is looking at the high wall which is the horizon of

her world at Lowood. Her eyes come to rest on the main

door. Two men are carrying a small coffin out of the

school. Brocklehurst follows it with a menthol-soaked cloth

over his mouth and nose. He becomes aware of Jane's eyes on

him. He looks away.

Jane Eyre adapted by Moira Buffini March 2008 25.

INT. NIGHT. LOWOOD - THE DORMITORY.

Jane is creeping down a corridor in her night dress. She

peers in through the dormitory door. It has been turned

into a sanitarium. Camphor and vinegar are being burnt.

Jane can hardly look at the sick girls.

Miss Temple, pale with exhaustion, is speaking intimately

to Madame Pierrot, the French mistress. Jane overhears.

MISS TEMPLE

This is the result of semi-

starvation and neglected colds;

Brockelhurst's idea of mortifying

their bodies to save their souls.

TYPHUS -

Miss Temple can't say more.

MADAME PIERROT

Write to the governors. You must.

Jane creeps on.