What is especially hard for Tita at Dr. Brown’s? How does she spend her days?

Instead of taking Tita to the asylum, Dr. Brown decides to care for her in his own home. For this Tita is grateful because she feared she may have actually gone crazy if forced to stay in an asylum. Tita spends her days in silence and continues to work on the bedspread at night. She promises to thank Dr. Brown when she decides to speak again. Tita eats irregularly and sometimes instead of eating, she simply stares at her hands amazed at the new freedom she has to decide what they will do. On her mother’s ranch, Tita had always been told what to do. She is unaccustomed with the idea that she alone controls the activity of her hands at Dr. Brown’s house.