Throughout the Thornfield episode, Jane experiences not only terror but also horror, the two feelings being of feminine source as much as of a masculine source. Bertha creates such instances of both horror and terror in the wake of her night errands. For example, the first time Bertha manages to escape she attacks Rochester setting his bed on fire. Even though Jane is not directly affected, she does feel the terror as she hears Bertha’s “demonic laugh” and finds Rochester’s life in danger (Bronte 237). The situation calls her for action. Another occurrence is when Jane enters the secret room to nurse Mason who has been bit by Bertha. Jane relates the scene as she is “fastened into one of its [third storey] mystic cells; night around me;