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V. The Cry In The Corridor

           

           Shestayedoutofdoorsnearlyallday,andwhenshesatdowntohersupperatnightshefelthungryanddrowsyandcomfortable.ShedidnotfeelcrosswhenMarthachatteredaway.Shefeltasifsheratherlikedtohearher,andatlastshethoughtshewouldaskheraquestion.Sheaskeditaftershehadfinishedhersupperandhadsatdownonthehearth-rugbeforethefire.

           “WhydidMr.Cravenhatethegarden?”shesaid.

           ShehadmadeMarthastaywithherandMarthahadnotobjectedatall.Shewasveryyoung,andusedtoacrowdedcottagefullofbrothersandsisters,andshefounditdullinthegreatservants’halldownstairswherethefootmanandupper-housemaidsmadefunofherYorkshirespeechandlookeduponherasacommonlittlething,andsatandwhisperedamongthemselves.Marthalikedtotalk,andthestrangechildwhohadlivedinIndia,andbeenwaiteduponby“blacks,”wasnoveltyenoughtoattracther.

           Shesatdownonthehearthherselfwithoutwaitingtobeasked.

           “Arttha’thinkin’aboutthatgardenyet?”shesaid.“Iknewtha’would.ThatwasjustthewaywithmewhenIfirstheardaboutit.”

           “Whydidhehateit?”Marypersisted.

           Marthatuckedherfeetunderherandmadeherselfquitecomfortable.

           “Listentoth’windwutherin’roundthehouse,”shesaid.“Youcouldbarestanduponthemoorifyouwasoutonittonight.”

           Marydidnotknowwhat“wutherin’”meantuntilshelistened,andthensheunderstood.

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