Miss honey's face went red and she looked down at the floor no she said quitetly .then she looked at matilda. Until now it's been difficult for me to talk about my problem but suddenly i want to tell somebody i know that you're only a little girl matilda but ...can i tell you a story.
Yes of course .
I'm twenty three year old said miss honey . When i was born my father was a doctor in the villag and we lived in a beautiful old house. Then my mother died when i was two and my aunt came to live with us. Ma father was a busy doctor and he needed somebody to took after me. But my aunt was not a kind person.then when i was five my father died suddenly.
How did he die.
That's an interesting question said miss honey . I was too young to ask question at the time but later i learnd that there was a lot of mystery about his death. He was a very calm and sensible man and nobody really believed that he did it.
What did he do .
Killed himself said miss honey or it looked like that. So i had to live with my aunt. And my father's house was suddenly hers how i don't really know.
Whatt happened then asked matilda. Was your aunt nicer to you.
She was worse than before said miss honey . It was terrible. I was very fightened of her.
Did yoy go to school .
Yes said miss honey . I went to same school that you're going to now. But l lived at home. And i had to clean the house and do all the cooking then when i grew up i got a job as a teacher. But my aunt said since you were a small child i've bought your food and clother and now you must pay me for them . For the next then years yoy must give me all the money yoy get from your teaching and i'll give you back one pound every week.