She is much prettier than you, she said, but her eyes are just like
yours at least they are the same shape and color. Why is the curtain
drawn over her?
He moved uncomfortably.
I made them do it, he said. Sometimes I don t like to see her
looking at me. She smiles too much when I am ill and miserable.
Besides, she is mine and I don t want everyone to see her.
There were a few moments of silence and then Mary spoke.
What would Mrs. Medlock do if she found out that I had been here? she
inquired.
She would do as I told her to do, he answered. And I should tell her
that I wanted you to come here and talk to me every day. I am glad you
came.
So am I, said Mary. I will come as often as I can, but she
hesitated I shall have to look every day for the garden door.
Yes, you must, said Colin, and you can tell me about it afterward.
He lay thinking a few minutes, as he had done before, and then he spoke
again.
I think you shall be a secret, too, he said. I will not tell them
until they find out. I can always send the nurse out of the room and
say that I want to be by myself. Do you know Martha?
Yes, I know her very well, said Mary. She waits on me.
He nodded his head toward the outer corridor.
She is the one who is asleep in the other room. The nurse went away
yesterday to stay all night with her sister and she always makes Martha
attend to me when she wants to go out. Martha shall tell you when to
come here.
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