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Jane Eyre: Have you something for me to do?
Mary Rivers: You're doing something already. May I see?
[Looks at Jane's drawings]
Mary Rivers: Oh, these are wonderful! St. John...
[Mary takes a sketch Jane did of St. John over to him]
Jane Eyre: No, Mary, please.
Mary Rivers: See how skilled Jane is!
St John Rivers: Is this how you perceive me, Miss Elliott?
[Jane remains silent]
St John Rivers: Well. How fierce I am.
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Young Jane: [Helen is dying from consumption] How are you?
Helen Burns: I'm happy, Jane. I'm going home.
Young Jane: Back to your father.
Helen Burns: I'm going to god.
[Jane is visibly upset]
Helen Burns: Don't be sad. You have a passion for living, Jane. And one day you'll come to the region of bliss.
[pause]
Helen Burns: Don't leave me. I like to have you near.
Young Jane: I will not leave you.
[Helen kisses Jane's hand she is holding]
Young Jane: No one shall take me from you.
[They fall asleep, while Helen dies]
Emily Haigh
Extended Reading
