Now began a difficult time for Colin and Mary.
Dickon told his mother about it one evening as he was digging the cottage garden.
You see, mother, they don't want the doctor or the servants to guess that Colin can walk and is getting better.
So they have to pretend he's still ill and just as disagreeable as he used to be!
If they're running about all day in the fresh air,that'll make them hungry,
I should think!
Yes, that's the problem.
They're both getting fatter and healthier, and they really enjoy their food now.
But they have to send some of it back to the kitchen, uneaten.
If they eat it all, people will realize how healthy they are!
Sometimes they're very hungry!