Calico Classics Illustrated: Secret Garden

Calico Classics Illustrated: Secret Garden — page 1
1 There Is No One Left Mary Lennox had a little thin face and a little thin body Her yellow hair hung limp and dull Her skin was faintly yellow and she wore a tight sour expression at all times She was born in India squalling thin and ugly Her pretty mother took one look at her and said that she must be kept out of sight Mary was handed over to a servant and her mother rarely looked upon her again For nine years Mary’s life rarely changed Then one frightfully hot morning she awoke feeling very cross She sat up to snap at her nursemaid only to see a strange servant standing beside her bed Why are you there she demanded Send my Ayah to me now 4