She liked old Ben Weatherstaff.

Yes, she did like him.

She always wanted to try to make him talk to her.

Also she began to believe that he knew everything in the world about flowers.
There was a laurel-hedged walk which curved round the secret garden and ended at a gate which opened into a wood, in the park.

She thought she would skip round this walk and look into the wood and see if there were any rabbits hopping about.