[00:00.83]Chapter two.
[00:02.68]Martha.
[00:05.20]Mary awoke the next morning to the sound of loud scraping.
[00:10.53]She sat up in her bed and looked around.
[00:14.67]A girl was making a fire in the fireplace.
[00:18.92]Who are you? Mary asked.
[00:22.55]The girl turned.
[00:25.56]Oh, you're up.
[00:27.51]Morning, miss.
[00:30.19]I'm Martha, she said with a smile.
[00:35.74]Mary climbed out of bed and held her arms in the air.
[00:43.68]I suppose you better dress me then, she told Martha.
[00:49.60]Martha blinked.
[00:51.49]You what?
[00:55.89]You are my servant, aren't you? she asked.
[01:00.27]Dress me.
[01:03.97]Well, I have been told to come and help you, Martha said, but I didn't think you'd need dressing.
[01:15.24]Our Susan Ann dresses herself, and she's only four.
[01:20.95]Mary felt her cheeks flush.
[01:24.95]Of course I could dress myself, if I wanted to, she declared.
[01:31.89]To prove it, Mary struggled into her new clothes.
[01:37.93]In truth, she had never dressed herself in her life.
[01:43.16]She found it hard, especially buttoning up her boots.
[01:51.48]Finally, with a proud look on her face, she said, "I've done it."
[01:58.54]Well done, miss, Martha nodded.
[02:02.88]Excepting for your boots being on the wrong feet, you've done a grand job.
[02:11.88]As Martha helped Mary with her buttons, she began to chat.
[02:17.32]I hope you like it here, miss.
[02:20.34]There's not much inside, but outside, well, there's a whole world waiting for you.
[02:31.03]I've never played outside, Mary told her.
[02:36.33]Never played outside?
[02:39.99]No wonder you're so pale.
[02:43.86]My mother's had 12 children, and every one of us has played outside all our lives, especially our dickon.
[02:56.09]Dickon?
[02:59.51]I, Dickon, my brother.
[03:03.25]He's out on the Moors come rain or shine.
[03:09.39]And talk about animal mad, you never know what he'll bring home next.
[03:17.64]I don't like the Moor, Mary said, remembering the bleak, black wilderness they had crossed the day before.
[03:29.89]Well, there's gardens galore at Mistletweight, but there's one garden you can't go in.
[03:38.37]Why not?
[03:41.28]The maid hesitated and then lowered her voice.
[03:48.41]It's been locked up for 10 years.
[03:52.97]Mr. Craven locked it after his wife died.
[03:59.44]Why? said Mary.
[04:02.64]Did she die in the garden?
[04:09.48]Sort of, she fell off a swing and never opened her eyes again.
[04:18.25]Poor Mr. Craven was heartbroken.
[04:22.96]He buried the key, so nobody could find the garden ever again.
[04:32.83]Martha chewed her lip.
[04:37.12]Don't tell nobody I told you that, will you?
[04:41.07]I'll be in such trouble if you do.
[04:45.89]I won't tell, Mary promised.