Writing Exercise 1 This is an attempt to use some, if not all of the vocabulary learnt from reading a chapter of Wilde's novel. (Refer to Vocab List 1) Lying on the bed as she always did, a tremulous finger brushing against the rough bleached sheet, Jane suddenly wondered if it would feel the same in a coffin. Of course, she wouldn't feel anything at that time. But still, she wondered. Miss Old Jane thought about death more often, after she was transfixed on this bed. She counted her days scrupulously, and she waited for that day to come, not unlike a little girl waiting for her knight in shining armor to come and rescue her, out of vanity of a listless life. Her youth passed by like a snap, yet for these recent days time has moved languidly. She could tell that her life itself was exhausted too, as it was at a crawling speed towards the end, a great contrast to the vibrant bolt when the journey started. Her chain of thoughts was interrupted when a nurse trod quickly by her bed. Jane wished that she could raise up a little so to have a glimpse through the gap between hurriedly drawn curtains. But she knew what was going on, which was quite the only thing that commonly happened and anticipated for patients in this room. More people- doctors and nurses, rushed in but Jane knew that it was futile. Death has taken that poor soul away. Please take mine as well, she murmured silently as she closed her eyes. Vocab used: 5 Divan (bed) and dowager are the vocab that inspires this scene, only then I couldn't apply them into it when I switch the background to a hospital. Named the character as Jane after watching Jane Eyre today.