The secret garden

76 THE SECRET GARDENmeant to come again. That's because th' springtime'son itsway. It's a long way off yet,comin'.but it's'I thought perhaps it always rained or lookeddark in England," Mary said.'"Eh ! no ! said Martha, sitting up on her heelsamong her black lead brushes. " Nowt o' th'soart! "What does that mean?' asked Mary seriously.In India the natives spoke different dialectswhich only a few people understood, so shewas not surprised when Martha used words shedid not know.Martha laughed as she had done the first morning." There now," she said." I've talked broadYorkshire again like Mrs. Medlock said I mustn't.1Nowt o' th' soart ' means "' nothin'-of-the-sort,'slowly and carefully,'but it takes so long to sayit. Yorkshire's th' sunniest place on earth whenit issunny. I told thee tha'd like th' moor aftera bit. Just you wait till you see th' gold-coloredgorse blossoms an' th' blossoms o' th' broom, an',th' heather flowerin', all purple bells, an' hundredso' butterflies flutterin'skylarks soarin' up an' singin'.an' bees hummin' an'You'll want to getout on it at sunrise an' live out on it allday likeDickon does."