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Clip from the fascinating adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre, starring Sorcha Cusack as Jane Eyre, Michael Jayston as Edward Fairfax Rochester, Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Fairfax, Stephanie Beacham as Blanche Ingram, Juliet Waley as young Jane, Geoffrey Whitehead as St. John Rivers, Jean Harvey as Mrs. Reed, Brenda Kempner as Bertha Mason, Isabelle Rosin as Adele. Directed by Joan Craft.
Transcript
00:00Go? Where to go?
00:03Gateshead Hall, in Derbyshire, sir.
00:06Why?
00:07To see a sick lady who was sent for me.
00:10Her name is Reed.
00:12Reed of Gateshead?
00:13There was a magistrate called...
00:15It is his widow, sir.
00:17Mr. Reed was my uncle.
00:19My mother's brother.
00:20The deuce he was.
00:22You always said you had no relations.
00:25None that would own me.
00:27Mr. Reed died, and his wife cast me off.
00:30Why?
00:31Oh, because I was poor and burdensome.
00:34She disliked me.
00:35Then leave her where she is.
00:41It's nonsense, Jane, to go to such a person who casts you off.
00:44But that was long ago, sir, and she is dying, they think.
00:47Her son, John Reed, committed suicide a week ago.
00:51Ah, John Reed, yes.
00:52Ingram was saying only yesterday.
00:54One of the various rascals in town.
00:55Oh, sir, I could not be easy to neglect what may be Mrs. Reed's last wishes.
01:02How long will you stay?
01:05Promise me not more than a week.
01:07Oh, I'd better not pass my word, sir.
01:09I might be obliged to break it.
01:11You'll come back.
01:13You'll not be induced under any pretext to take up residence with her.
01:16No, sir.
01:19I should think not.
01:21Who goes with you?
01:22You cannot travel so far alone.
01:24Mrs. Reed has sent her coachman.
01:26Is he to be trusted?
01:28He's been with the family ten years, sir.
01:32Well,
01:32when do you want to go?
01:36Early tomorrow.
01:37Oh, you'll need money.
01:41I've given you no salary yet.
01:44How much have you in the world, Jane?
01:49Five shillings, sir.
02:01Ah, there you are, Signor Eduardo.
02:04I insist you play.
02:05Uno momento, Donna Bianca.
02:08Surely you can deal with that person later, Mr. Rochester.
02:12I am engaged, Miss Ingram.
02:15I shall come to you when I'm at liberty.
02:18His manner scarcely seemed that of a loving, prospective bridegroom.
02:29Here.
02:31Take your wages.
02:33But that is 50 pounds, sir.
02:35You owe me but 15.
02:37I have no change.
02:39I don't want any change.
02:40You know that.
02:41I will not take it, sir.
02:43Obstinate.
02:44Yes.
02:45Right.
02:47I better not give you all at once.
02:48You may stay away three months.
02:50There is 10.
02:51Is that enough?
02:52Plenty, sir.
02:53Oh, but now you owe me five.
03:00Come back for it, then.
03:02I will be your banker.
03:07Sir, there is another matter of business.
03:09There is.
03:11There is what?
03:13You have as good as informed me that you're shortly to be married.
03:16Yes.
03:17In that case, I think Adele ought to go to school.
03:21To keep her out of my bride's way.
03:26Yes.
03:27There's sense in the suggestion.
03:30Yes.
03:31Adele must go to school.
03:34And you, of course, must march straight to the devil.
03:37Well, I hope not, sir.
03:41But I must seek another situation.
03:45Somewhere.
03:46Of course.
03:47Perhaps I should advertise, sir.
03:49You shall walk up the pyramids of Egypt.
03:51At your peril, you advertise.
03:54I wish I'd only given you a sovereign.
03:56Give me back nine pounds, Jane.
03:58I have a use for it.
03:59And so have I, sir.
04:00You little niggered.
04:03Just let me look at the money again.
04:05No.
04:07You are not to be trusted.
04:10Hmm.
04:15Jane.
04:17Promise me not to advertise.
04:20And I will seek a situation for you.
04:23Is that a bargain?
04:26Yes, sir.
04:28If you and your turn will promise that...
04:31both Adele and I shall be safe out of this house...
04:35before your bride enters it.
04:39Very well.
04:42Shall you come down after dinner tonight?
04:44No, sir.
04:45I must prepare for the journey.
04:46Then we must say goodbye now.
04:48For a little while.
04:49Yes, I suppose so.
04:52And how do people perform that ceremony?
04:55Teach me.
04:56I'm not quite up to it.
04:58They say farewell, or any other form they prefer.
05:03Then say it.
05:04Farewell, Mr. Rochester, for the present.
05:09And what must I say?
05:11The same.
05:14Farewell, Miss Eyre, for the present.
05:17Is that all?
05:20Yes.
05:22It seems stingy to my notions.
05:24And dry and unfriendly.
05:27If one shook hands.
05:30No, that will not content me either.
05:36Farewell, Jane.
05:36Your back is to the door, sir.
05:45So it is.

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