She did not know what to say, so for a whole minute she said nothing.

She had never thought of this.

She felt miserable.

And she felt as if she went red and then pale.
"Tha's got a bit o' garden, hasn't tha' ?" Dickon said.
It was true that she had turned red and then pale.

Dickon saw her do it, and as she still said nothing, he began to be puzzled.
"Wouldn't they give thee a bit ?" he asked.