Joan Plowright credited as playing...
Mrs. Fairfax
- Mrs. Fairfax: Why, is anything the matter?
- Jane Eyre: I know tomorrow I'll discover this is a dream from which I must awaken.
- Mrs. Fairfax: We are real - and you are most welcome here, most welcome.
- Mrs. Fairfax: Mr. Rochester does accept his responsibilities. And he's a just and liberal landlord to his tenants. He's well travelled and very intelligent. But when he talks to you, you cannot always be sure whether he is in jest or in earnest. Whether he is pleased or the contrary. He is not a happy man.
- Jane Eyre: What a strange man. So changeful and abrupt.
- Mrs. Fairfax: I suppose I've grown accustomed to it. And one has to make allowances.
- Jane Eyre: Why?
- Mrs. Fairfax: Partly because it is his nature - and we none of us can help our nature. Partly, family troubles.
- Jane Eyre: He doesn't have a family.
- Mrs. Fairfax: There are painful memories which are perhaps best forgotten.
- Adele Varens: Ms. Fairfax, have you something we can keep a frog in?
- Mrs. Fairfax: A what?
- Adele Varens: A frog!
- Mrs. Fairfax: Oh, my dear, I have no time for frogs.
- Mrs. Fairfax: You know how much I like you, Jane, *but* - you are so young - and little acquainted with men. I have noticed Mr. Rochester is growing fondness for you. And I have wanted so many times, for your sake, to put you on your guard.
- Jane Eyre: Why?
- Mrs. Fairfax: There is an old saying, 'all is not gold that glitters'. And in this case I fear - something different may be found from what you or I expect.