The secret garden — Chapter Seventeen Ben Weatherstaff (下)

　　"There! Look at me, you! Just look at me!" he said.

　　Ben Weatherstaff burst into tears. He never thought he would see this boy. He had loved the boy"s mother very much.To see her son standing before him was like a miracle.

　　"The lies people tell!" Ben cried. "You"re as thin and white as a ghost, but you"ll grow up to be a man."

　　"I"m your master, while my father is gone," Colin said to Ben. "You must obey me. This is my garden. You cannot tell anyone we are here! Now, get down from the ladder. Miss Mary will meet you at the door and bring you to me. We did not want you, but now you have to know the secret, too. Be quick!"

　　"My boy!" whispered Ben. "My boy!" He couldn"t take his eyes off Colin. Then he seemed to remember where he was. "Yes, sir! Yes, sir!" he said, and climbed down the ladder.

　　Mary ran to meet Ben. While she was doing this, Colin said to Dickon, "Dickon, I am going to walk over to that cherry tree. I want to be standing when Weatherstaff comes here. Put a rug under the tree. When I want to sit down, I will, but not before." His cheeks were red, and he didn"t look tried at all.

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