The secret garden — Chapter Twelve Meeting Uncle Archibald

　　"Ah, I"m glad. That was nice of him, wasn"t it?" said Martha happily.

　　"Martha, he really is a very nice man," said Mary seriously. "He looks so terribly sad, though."

　　She ran to the secret garden as quickly as she could. She hadn"t meant to be away for so long. She knew Dickon might not be there, because he had to walk five miles back home before dark. When she opened the garden door, no one was there. But then she saw a little piece of paper attached to one of the trees. On the paper was a picture of a bird in its nest, and these words:

　　"I will come back."

　　How she liked that boy! She couldn"t wait for tomorrow.