they will keep

JANE

Mr Rivers, I wondered if you had yet heard of any work that I could do.

ST JOHN

I found you a situation some days ago but I’ve delayed telling you because the work is lowly and I fear you'll scorn it.

JANE

I shan’t mind what I do.

ST JOHN

As I am poor and obscure, the help I can offer is of the meanest sort.

DIANA

St John, what are you going to offer her? Not washerwoman, I hope?

ST JOHN

When I took over the parish two years ago it had no school. I opened one for boys; I now intend to open one for girls. The school mistress will have a two-roomed cottage paid for by local benefactors and she will receive fifteen pounds a year. You can see how humble, how ignoble it is.

On the contrary, Jane is deeply gratified.

JANE

Mr Rivers, I thank you heartily and I accept with all my heart.

ST JOHN

But you comprehend me? It’s a village school – cottagers daughters. What will you do with all your fine accomplishments?

JANE

I will save them until they are wanted. They will keep.

Jane smiles at him. St John is impressed.

Guion de la película Jane Eyre (adaptado por Moira Buffini del original de Charlotte Brontë)