Question

From jane eyre by charlotte brontë this ominous tool she presented to miss scatcherd with a respectful courtesy; then she quietly, and without being told, unloosed her pinafore, and the teacher instantly and sharply inflicted on her neck a dozen strokes with the bunch of twigs. not a tear rose to burns’s eye; . . . in this passage, why does helen hold back her tears when miss scatcherd is hitting her?

Answer 1

She must bear ill treatment without complaint

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Answer 2

Because she believes that it is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you; and besides, the Bible bids us return good for evil.