The Secret Garden (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Author:Frances Hodgson Burnett [Burnett, Frances Hodgson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781593082772
Amazon: 1593082770
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
Published: 2005-09-02T00:00:00+00:00
14
A Young Rajah
The moor was hidden in mist when the morning came, and the rain had not stopped pouring down. There could be no going out of doors. Martha was so busy that Mary had no opportunity of talking to her, but in the afternoon she asked her to come and sit with her in the nursery. She came bringing the stocking she was always knitting when she was doing nothing else.
âWhatâs the matter with thee?â she asked as soon as they sat down. âThaâ looks as if thaâd somethinâ to say.â
âI have. I have found out what the crying was,â said Mary.
Martha let her knitting drop on her knee and gazed at her with startled eyes.
âThaâ hasnât!â she exclaimed. âNever!â
âI heard it in the night,â Mary went on. âAnd I got up and went to see where it came from. It was Colin. I found him.â
Marthaâs face became red with fright.
âEh! Miss Mary!â she said half crying. âThaâ shouldnât have done it-thaâ shouldnât! Thaâll get me in trouble. I never told thee nothinâ about himâbut thaâll get me in trouble. I shall lose my place and whatâll mother do!â
âYou wonât lose your place,â said Mary. âHe was glad I came. We talked and talked and he said he was glad I came.â
âWas he?â cried Martha. âArt thaâ sure? Thaâ doesnât know what heâs like when anything vexes him. Heâs a big lad to cry like a baby, but when heâs in a passion heâll fair scream just to frighten us. He knows us darenât call our souls our own.â
âHe wasnât vexed,â said Mary. âI asked him if I should go away and he made me stay. He asked me questions and I sat on a big footstool and talked to him about India and about the robin and gardens. He wouldnât let me go. He let me see his motherâs picture. Before I left him I sang him to sleep.â
Martha fairly gasped with amazement.
âI can scarcely believe thee!â she protested. âItâs as if thaâd walked straight into a lionâs den. If heâd been like he is most times heâd have throwed himself into one of his tantrums and roused thâ house. He wonât let strangers look at him.â
âHe let me look at him. I looked at him all the time and he looked at me. We stared!â said Mary.
âI donât know what to do!â cried agitated Martha. âIf Mrs. Medlock finds out, sheâll think I broke orders and told thee and I shall be packed back to mother.â
âHe is not going to tell Mrs. Medlock anything about it yet. Itâs to be a sort of secret just at first,â said Mary firmly. âAnd he says everybody is obliged to do as he pleases.â
âAye, thatâs true enough-thâ bad lad!â sighed Martha, wiping her forehead with her apron.
âHe says Mrs. Medlock must. And he wants me to come and talk to him every day. And you are to tell me when he wants me.â
âMe!â said Martha; âI shall lose my place-I
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