Authors Notes:
Here we go! Major chapter changes as I move her not the fifty miles, but four thousand miles across the world to northern India! We meet many of our players in this section for here is were we arrive at Lowood Institution, meet Miss Mandir (AKA Miss Temple) and Helen Burns.
Her flight and the sights she sees from the dirigible are greatly influenced by my own experience flying with my father in little airplanes when I was a child. I still adore flying and wanted to capture a little of the first experiences and obersvations through Janes eyes.
I have changed the name of Miss Temple to Miss Mandir and she is Indian. I have left poor Helen Burns alone. She is the only main character who stays the same as in the book as I have come to understand that she was based off of Charlotte’s sister, who died at a young age. It felt important to respect that.
The school is in the rainy season, all cold is changed to excessive rain and humidity. They wear tunic, pants and vests instead of the plain dresses, and saris on sunday. This school teaches all that she learned originally, but for the added education in mechanisms! All young ladies should know how to fix the basics on a steam engine, for who knows where they might end up….