Mary looked out of the window at the cold grey sky
Why should I go out on a day like this?she asked
Well, there's nothing to play with indoors, is there?
Mary realized Martha was right
But who will go with me?she said
Martha stared at her. Nobody.You'll have to learn to play by yourself Dickon plays by himself on the moors for hours, with the wild birds,and the sheep,and the other animals.’She looked away for a moment.‘Perhaps I shouldn't tell you this, but—but one of the walled gardens is locked up.Nobody's been in it for ten years.It was Mrs Graven's garden,and when she died so suddenly,Mr Craven locked it and buried the key— Oh,I must go,I can hear Mrs Medlock's bell ringing for me.’
Mary went downstairs and wandered through the great empty gardens.Many of the fruit and vegetable gardens had walls round them,but there were no locked doors.She saw an old man digging in one of the vegetable gardens,but he looked cross and unfriendly,so she walked on.