[The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett]@TWC D-Link bookThe Secret Garden CHAPTER XIX 10/23
But don't you--none o' you--think as you own th' whole orange or you'll find out you're mistaken, an' you won't find it out without hard knocks." What children learns from children,' she says, 'is that there's no sense in grabbin' at th' whole orange--peel an' all. If you do you'll likely not get even th' pips, an' them's too bitter to eat.'" "She's a shrewd woman," said Dr.Craven, putting on his coat. "Well, she's got a way of saying things," ended Mrs.Medlock, much pleased.
"Sometimes I've said to her, 'Eh! Susan, if you was a different woman an' didn't talk such broad Yorkshire I've seen the times when I should have said you was clever.'" * * * * * That night Colin slept without once awakening and when he opened his eyes in the morning he lay still and smiled without knowing it--smiled because he felt so curiously comfortable.
It was actually nice to be awake, and he turned over and stretched his limbs luxuriously.
He felt as if tight strings which had held him had loosened themselves and let him go.
He did not know that Dr.Craven would have said that his nerves had relaxed and rested themselves.
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