Chapter XIV

A Young Rajah

The moor was hidden in mist when the morning
came and the rain had not stopped pouring
down. There could be no going out of doors.
Martha was so busy that Mary had no opportunity
of talking to her, but in the afternoon she
asked her to come and sit with her in the nursery.
She came bringing the stocking she was always
knitting when she was doing nothing else.

"What's the matter with thee?" she asked as
soon as they sat down. "Tha' looks as if tha'd
somethin' to say."

"I have. I have found out what the crying
was," said Mary.

Martha let her knitting drop on her knee and
gazed at her with startled eyes.

"Tha' hasn't!" she exclaimed. "Never!"

"I heard it in the night," Mary went on.
"And I got up and went to see where it came
from. It was Colin. I found him."

Martha's face became red with fright.

"Eh! Miss Mary!" she said half crying.

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