him in th' humor to come out here an' lie under th'
trees in his carriage."

"I've been wondering that myself. I've
thought of it almost every time I've talked to
him," said Mary. "I've wondered if he could
keep a secret and I've wondered if we could bring
him here without any one seeing us. I thought
perhaps you could push his carriage. The doctor
said he must have fresh air and if he wants us to
take him out no one dare disobey him. He won't
go out for other people and perhaps they will be
glad if he will go out with us. He could order
the gardeners to keep away so they wouldn't find
out."

Dickon was thinking very hard as he scratched
Captain's back.

"It'd be good for him, I'll warrant," he said.
"Us'd not be thinkin' he'd better never been born.
Us'd be just two children watchin' a garden grow,
an' he'd be another. Two lads an' a little lass just
lookin' on at th' springtime. I warrant it'd be
better than doctor's stuff."

"He's been lying in his room so long and he's
always been so afraid of his back that it has made
him queer," said Mary. "He knows a good
many things out of books but he doesn't know anything
else. He says he has been too ill to notice
things and he hates going out of doors and hates

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