At first they thought I was too little to understand and now they think I don't hear.

But I do.

My doctor is my father's cousin.
He is quite poor and if I die he will have all Misselthwaite when my father is dead.

I should think he wouldn't want me to live." "Do you want to live ?" inquired Mary.
"No," he answered, in a cross, tired fashion.

"But I don't want to die.