A brief summary from Bessie's perspective:
Miss Abott and I took Jane away to the red-room on the demand of Mrs. Reed as punishment for attacking Master John. She was very resistant and we threatened to tie her down but she refused and thrusted herself upon the stool. Miss Abott and I then gave her some advise for her own good and told her she should take the time to think and pray about what she has done. We then left her and locked the door behind us.
A few minutes later we hear her pulling on the door and screaming and Miss Abott and I run down the passage and unlocked the door. When we entered she was crying and begging to be let out of the room, she seemed frantic. She claimed that she saw a light and thought a gost whould come. She held my hand as Miss Abott suggested that it was just another one of her naughty tricks. Mrs. Reed came in and asked why they were in the room because she ordered that only she was allowed to let Jane out of the room. I tried to explain to Mrs. Reed what had happened but she did not want to hear anything of it as she believed that Jane was only faking an act to come out of the room. Just as Mrs. Reed left the room Jane blacked out and we were ordered to take her to the nursery.
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