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6oTHE SECRET GARDENwalked to the other end, looking again, but therewas no door.It's very queer," she said. " Ben Weathenstaffsaid there was no door and there is no door.But there must have been one ten years ago, becauseMr. Craven buried the key."This gave her so much to think of that she be-interested and feel that she wasgan to be quitenot sorry that she had come to MisselthwaiteManor. In India she had always felt hot andtoo languid to care much about anything. <strong>The</strong>fact was that the fresh wind from the moor hadbegun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brainand to waken her up a little.She stayed out of doors nearly all day, and v/henshe sat down to her supper at night she felt hungryand drowsy and comfortable. She did not feelcross when Martha chattered away. She felt asif she rather liked to hear her, and at last shethought she would ask her a question.She askedit after she had finished her supper and had satdown on the hearth-rug before the fire."Why did Mr. Craven hate the <strong>garden</strong>? " shesaid.She had made Martha stay with her and Marthahad not objected at all. She was very young,and used to a crowded cottage full of brothers andsisters, and she found it dull in the great servants'

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