Read the excerpt from The Secret Garden.

“I said I would never go back again—” she hesitated, knitting her brows—“but perhaps, just perhaps, I will go and see—if he wants me—in the morning. Perhaps he’ll try to throw his pillow at me again, but—I think—I’ll go.”

How does this scene contribute to the development of the story?


The relationship between Mary and Colin is introduced.

The conflict between Mary and Colin is established.

Mary starts to spend time with Dickon in the garden.

Mary begins to think of other people instead of herself.