Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

MRS FAIRFAX

Who?

JANE

Miss Fairfax - my pupil?

MRS FAIRFAX

Oh you mean Miss Varens; Mr

Rochester's ward. She is to be

your pupil.

JANE

Who is Mr Rochester?

MRS FAIRFAX

Why, the owner of Thornfield.

JANE

I thought Thornfield Hall

belonged to you.

MRS FAIRFAX

(bursting into laughter)

Oh bless you child, what an idea.

To me? I am only the housekeeper.

JANE

Forgive me -

Jane Eyre adapted by Moira Buffini March 2008 32.

MRS FAIRFAX

There is a distant connection

between Mr Rochester and I - his

mother was a Fairfax - but I'd

never presume on it. Heavens, me,

owner of Thornfield?

She continues to laugh. A bashful smile is playing on

Jane's lips. Mrs Fairfax is beginning to thaw her.