The secret garden

336 THE SECRET GARDENgrimage. They found new corridors and cornersand flights of steps and new old pictures theyliked and weird old things they did not know theuse of. It was a curiously entertaining morningand the feeling of wandering about in the samehouse with other people but at the same time feelingas if one were miles away from them was 3fascinating thing." I'm glad we came," Colin said.knew I lived in such a big queer old place." I neverI likeit. We will ramble about every rainy day. Weshall always be finding new queer corners andthings."That morning they had found among otherthings such good appetites that when they returnedto Colin's room it was not possible to send theluncheon away untouched.When the nurse carried the tray down-stairs sheit down on the kitchen dresser so that Mrs.slappedLoomis, the cook, could see the highly polisheddishes and plates." Look at that !n she said.This is a house ofmystery, and those two children are the greatestin it."mysteries" If they keep that up every day," said thestrong young footman John, " there'd be smallwonder that he weighs twice as much to-day as he\lid a month ago. I should have to give up my