Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

INT. DAY. MORTON - THE SCHOOL ROOM.

Jane is at the blackboard in a freshly painted school room.

In front of her are about twenty village girls, aged from

six to sixteen. They are hanging on her every word.

Jane is writing a neat line of 'a's.

INT. NIGHT. MORTON - JANE'S COTTAGE.

Jane's first home is like a doll's house. She walks through

it from the whitewashed bedroom with its little single bed,

through the parlour with its tiny fireplace into the

scullery kitchen. She retraces her steps back into the

parlour. She turns round and surveys it.

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Silence but for the crackling of the fire and the blowing

of the wind. She feels glad, grateful, but very, very

alone. She hears Brocklehurst's voice.

BROCKLEHURST

I hear you are to leave us, Miss

Eyre.

She spins around as if he is there.