Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press Presents Episode 9 of THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
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What happens after the week of rain that allows Mary to return to the secret garden?
This is Kathy Collis Audiobooks and High Horse Press. And today we have episode 9 of The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett. After a week of rain and spending a ton of time with Colin, Mary is finally able to return to the secret garden. To Mary, Colin doesn't seem sick at all when he's amused or engaged in something. Although misses Medlock is somewhat upset by Mary's subterfuge, she tells her that things have been a lot easier on the servants now that he has a friend. In her talks with Colin, Mary's cautious about speaking of the secret garden. She's not sure whether he's trustworthy. Here we go. Chapter fifteen Nest building After another week of rain, the high arch of blue sky appeared again, and the sun, which poured down, was quite hot.
Though there had been no chance to see either the secret garden or Dickon, Mistress Mary had enjoyed herself very much. The week had not seemed long. She had spent hours of every day with Colin in his room, talking about Rajahs or gardens or Dicken and the cottage on the moor. They had looked at the splendid books and pictures, and sometimes Mary had read things to Colin, and sometimes he had read a little to her. When he was amused and interested, she thought he scarcely looked like an invalid at all, except that his face was so colourless, and he was always on the sofa. You are a sly young one to listen and get out of your bed to go following things up like you did that night, misses Medlock said once.
But there's no saying it's not been a sort of blessing to the lot of us. He's not had a tantrum or a whining fit since you made friends. The nurse was just going to give up the case because she was so sick of him. But she says she doesn't mind staying now you You've gone on duty with her. Laughing a little. In her talks with Colin, Mary had tried to be very cautious about the secret garden. There were certain things she wanted to find out from him, but she felt she must find them out without asking him direct questions. In the first place, as she began to like to be with him, she wanted to discover whether he was the kind of boy you could tell a secret to. He was not in the least like Dicken, but he was evidently so pleased with the idea of a garden no one knew anything about that she thought perhaps he could be trusted.
If he really could, said Wouldn't it be possible to take him to the garden without having anyone find it out? The grand doctor had said that he must have fresh air, and Colin had said that he would not mind fresh air in a secret garden. Perhaps if he had a great deal of fresh air and knew Dicken and the Robin and saw things growing, he might not think so much about dying. Mary had seen herself in the glass sometimes lately, when she had realized that she looked quite a different creature from the child she had seen when she arrived from India. This child looked nicer, but Even Martha had seen a change in her. There from the moor's done thee good already, she had said. Thought not nicer yellow, and thought not nicer scrawny.
Even the hair doesn't slap down on the head so flat. got some life in it, so it sticks out a little bit. It's like me, said Mary. It's growing stronger and fatter. I'm sure there's more of it. It looks it for sure, said Martha, ruffling it up a little around her face. Lot not aft so ugly when it's that way and there's a bit o' red in the cheeks. If gardens and fresh air had been good for her, perhaps they would be good for Colin. But then if he hated people to look at him, perhaps he would not like to see Dicken. Why does it make you angry when you are looked at?
How does Mary’s conversation with Colin reveal her caution about the secret garden?
she inquired one day. I always hated it, he answered, even when I was very little. Then when they took me to the seaside, and I used to lie in my carriage, everybody used to stare, and the ladies would stop and talk to my nurse, and then they would begin to whisper, and I knew that they were saying that I shouldn't live to grow up. And sometimes the ladies would pat my cheek and say poor child. Once a lady did that, and I screamed out loud and bit her hand.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What happens after the week of rain that allows Mary to return to the secret garden?
0:01–4:14
2
How does Mary’s conversation with Colin reveal her caution about the secret garden?
4:14–10:57
3
Why does Mary begin to trust Colin enough to consider bringing him to the garden?
10:57–18:04
4
What changes does Mary notice in herself after spending time with Colin?
18:04–24:36