[The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett]@TWC D-Link bookThe Secret Garden CHAPTER XXV 10/19
I wish it wasn't raining to-day." It was then Mistress Mary had her inspiration. "Colin," she began mysteriously, "do you know how many rooms there are in this house ?" "About a thousand, I suppose," he answered. "There's about a hundred no one ever goes into," said Mary.
"And one rainy day I went and looked into ever so many of them.
No one ever knew, though Mrs.Medlock nearly found me out.
I lost my way when I was coming back and I stopped at the end of your corridor.
That was the second time I heard you crying." Colin started up on his sofa. "A hundred rooms no one goes into," he said.
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