Because she knew there was another person inside the room who would protect her, Jane Sampson didn't feel so scared being alone in the room.
She calculated the time, and when the mute aunt came in to give her medicine, she lay in the bed pretending to sleep.
After the mute aunt came in, she didn't knock but directly walked in, without any hesitation lifted Jane Sampson's quilt, and then pressed Jane Sampson to apply medicine on her arm. It was obvious that the mute aunt just considered this task as something James Black instructed her to complete.
Her movements, in fact, were even less gentle than when James Black applied medicine to Jane Sampson.
During the application of medicine, she didn't look at Jane Sampson even once. It was only when Jane Sampson tried to pull back her hand in resistance that she pressed on Jane Sampson's wrist more forcefully to prevent her from moving.
