The next day it was very rainy, so Mary did not go out Instead she decided to wander round the house, looking into some of the hundred rooms that Mrs Medlock had told her
about. She spent all morning going in and out of dark, silent rooms, which were full of heavy furniture and old pictures
She saw no servants at all, and was on her way back to her room for lunch, when she heard a cry. 'It's a bit like the cry that I heard last night!' she thought. Just then the housekeeper, Mrs
Medlock, appeared, with her keys in her hand.
Just then Mrs Medlock appeared.
'What are you doing here?' she asked crossly.
'I didn't know which way to go, and I heard someone
crying,' answered Mary.
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Finding the secret garden
'You didn't hear anything! Go back to your room now. And if you don't stay there, I'll lock you in!'
Mary hated Mrs Medlock for this. There was someone crying, I know there was!' she said to herself. 'But I'll discover who it is soon!' She was almost beginning to enjoy herself in Yorkshire.