So it was not very pleasant when she opened the door of her room, to see Martha standing waiting for her with a doleful face.
"What is the matter ?" she asked.

"What did Colin say when you told him I couldn't come ?" "Eh!" said Martha, "I wish tha'd gone.

He was nigh goin' into one o' his tantrums.

There's been a nice to do all afternoon to keep him quiet.
He would watch the clock all th' time." Mary's lips pinched themselves together.

She was no more used to considering other people than Colin was and she saw no reason why an ill-tempered boy should interfere with the thing she liked best.