Toby Stephens credited as playing...
Rochester
- Jane Eyre: Sir, I need to have a leave of absence for a week or two, to see a sick lady who's asked for me.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: What sick lady?
- Jane Eyre: Her name is Reed. She's my uncle's wife.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Uncle? You told me you had no family.
- Jane Eyre: My aunt cast me out when I went away to school.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Why?
- Jane Eyre: Because I was poor. And she did not like me.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: And she sent you to Lowood without so much as a word or a visit in nearly ten years. So why does she suddenly want to see you now?
- Jane Eyre: Her son John is dead. He ruined himself. She's now struck down with his misfortune. I'll only be gone two weeks, I hope.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Two weeks? That's not possible.
- Jane Eyre: You have company, sir.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Very well. But promise me, you'll not stay with this undeserving aunt more than a week.
- Jane Eyre: I cannot promise you. She is dying. I cannot set a time on that.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Of course, you'll go. I haven't got the power to stop you. You must have some money. Can't travel without money. I haven't given you any salary yet, remember? How much have you, Jane, in whole the world?
- Jane Eyre: Five shillings, sir.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Here, take fifty pounds.
- Jane Eyre: No, Sir. You only owe me fifteen. I have no change.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: I don't want change, Jane. You know that. Take your wages.
- [Jane nods no]
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: You're right. Better not give you all that. You might stay away for three months. Here. There's ten. Wasn't that enough?
- Jane Eyre: Yes, sir. But you still owe me five.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Then, come back for it.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Sir, I have to ask you something else, a matter of business. You have as good as said you intend to be married.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Really? That has been settled then, has it? You've decided that Miss Ingram is to be my bride. Now I see it. You're going to prevail upon that miserable family to find you a new situation. Ungrateful girl, admit it!
- Jane Eyre: No, sir. I've told you they do not like me, sir. To offer such a service... I shall advertise.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Devil, you will! Advertise! I wish I'd only offered you a sovereign, not ten whole pounds. Give me back nine.
- [Jane puts her hands behind her]
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Jane, I have need of it.
- Jane Eyre: [smiles, her hands still behind her back] No, sir. I do not trust you.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Jane, I want a wife. I want a wife, not a nursemaid to look after me. I want a wife to share my bed every night. All day if we wish. If I can't have that, I'd rather die. We're not the platonic sort, Jane.
- Jane Eyre: [Take his face in her hands as she faces him] Can you see me?
- [Rochester nods yes]
- Jane Eyre: Then hear this Edward. Your life is not yours to give up. It is mine. All mine. And I forbid it.
- [Begin kissing, camera pans out, music swells]
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: So this St. John person you've been mentioning so often. What of him?
- Jane Eyre: Well, he's tall. He has blue eyes and a Grecian profile.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: He's handsome then, compared to me.
- Jane Eyre: Oh, he's much more handsome than you. And he's a far better Christian of course than you ever were.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Well I thanked God last night for your sudden reappearance. The other night I cried out to Him in my despair. Called your name too. What about his brain this Rivers fellow? Find yourself getting bored when he speaks?
- Jane Eyre: He doesn't say very much, but what he says is to the point. His brain is first rate.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Did he study much? Taught you things?
- Jane Eyre: Oh yes, he taught me languages.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: [frustrated] All right, why did he do that?
- Jane Eyre: He wanted me to go with him to Africa.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: He wanted you to marry him?
- Jane Eyre: He asked me to marry him.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: You're lying. You made this up to torment me.
- Jane Eyre: He asked me more than once.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: Well I think you might take yourself off and go elsewhere! And why are you still here? You've done your duty. You've assured yourself that I am still living, still living a tenth of a life! You, heiress!
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: There you are! You're back! Ungrateful thing, I give you leave for a week and you're gone a whole month! I want my money back, since you have me so little in your thoughts.
- Jane Eyre: I said I was going to be gone for as long as I was needed. And I was. And you still owe me wages.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: [about Mason] Take care of him at your house. We'll head over in a day or two to see how he does.
- Doctor Carter: Very well.
- Richard Mason: Edward...
- [Rochester goes to him]
- Richard Mason: [quietly] Take care of her as tenderly as you can.
- Edward Fairfax Rochester: [presses his forehead's against his] I'll do my best. As I always have and always will.