Ext. A midsummer dawn. Thornfield the grounds

I/E. DAY. A ROADSIDE/COACH.

The sun is higher in the sky. Jane exhausted, now running

down a main road. Her spirts lift at the sight of an

approaching coach. She flags it down.

Jane empties her purse into the driver's hand. He looks at

her money then suspiciously back at her. A terse nod

indicates she can get in.

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Jane sinks into a dark corner. Her fellow passengers look

shocked by her dishevelled appearance at such an early

hour. She undertakes a tremendous effort not to betray her

emotional state. She doesn't sob, she doesn't howl -

although her breathing threatens to. Slowly, unable to bear

the day, she closes her eyes.