[The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett]@TWC D-Link bookThe Secret Garden CHAPTER XII 2/25
"How does tha' like him ?" "I think--I think he's beautiful!" said Mary in a determined voice. Martha looked rather taken aback but she looked pleased, too. "Well," she said, "he's th' best lad as ever was born, but us never thought he was handsome.
His nose turns up too much." "I like it to turn up," said Mary. "An' his eyes is so round," said Martha, a trifle doubtful.
"Though they're a nice color." "I like them round," said Mary.
"And they are exactly the color of the sky over the moor." Martha beamed with satisfaction. "Mother says he made 'em that color with always lookin' up at th' birds an' th' clouds.
But he has got a big mouth, hasn't he, now ?" "I love his big mouth," said Mary obstinately.
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