Again, the apples would be distributed in their season.

While the distribution went on, the old lady would stand at a window with her little white dog in her arms nodding her head in a well-pleased way.

The children called her Lady Anne.

They had no such personal acquaintance with the other gardens and their owners, so their thoughts were very full of Lady Anne and her garden.
When Mary was about fourteen she made the acquaintance of Lady Anne--her full name was Lady Anne Hamilton--and that was an event which had a considerable influence on her fortunes.

The meeting came about in this way.
Mary had gone marketing one day, and for once had deserted the shabby little row of shops which ran at the end of Wistaria Terrace, at right angles to it.