[00:00.10]Chapter six.
[00:02.89]The cry in the corridor.
[00:06.87]The rain began again that night.
[00:09.85]It beat against the window, waking Mary up.
[00:14.90]She listened as the wind howled round the house and down her chimney.
[00:22.97]She tried, but could not get back to sleep.
[00:28.84]Stupid wind, she thought.
[00:34.98]Then, she heard another noise.
[00:39.04]It sounded like crying.
[00:43.54]She sat up.
[00:47.87]It was someone crying.
[00:53.57]She tiptoed out of bed and opened her door.
[01:00.58]The crying was coming from the other side of the house, from the part she wasn't allowed to explore.
[01:11.52]Taking her candle, she made her way along the corridor.
[01:18.85]The crying was much louder here, and soon Mary came to a door where a glimmer of light spilled into the corridor.
[01:31.09]She swallowed hard and stepped into a huge room.
[01:39.24]There was a fire glowing, throwing shadows onto large, handsome furniture, and in a four-poster bed, a boy, about her own age, was crying his heart out.
[01:56.37]The boy had huge dark eyes that seemed too big for his thin, pale face.
[02:06.32]When he saw the light from Mary's candle, his eyes widened even further, but the crying stopped.
[02:17.50]Who are you?
[02:20.49]the boy asked, his voice trembling.
[02:24.53]Are you a ghost?
[02:28.99]No, no.
[02:31.91]I'm Mary Lennox.
[02:34.64]I live here.
[02:37.20]Who are you?
[02:40.95]I'm Colin.
[02:44.88]Colin?
[02:48.45]Colin Craven.
[02:51.85]My father is master of this house.
[02:59.79]Oh, Mary gasped.
[03:03.72]I didn't know Mr. Craven had a son.
[03:09.91]Well, he does, not that he cares, Colin sniffed.
[03:19.31]That makes us cousins, Mary said, and told him who she was.
[03:25.33]Didn't anyone tell you about me?
[03:31.87]No, they probably dare't.
[03:36.74]Why?
[03:38.89]Mary asked.
[03:41.82]I don't like new people.
[03:45.46]I don't like being looked at.
[03:50.58]Why not?
[03:53.50]Colin wiped the tears from his eyes.
[03:59.69]Because I shall have a hunchback like my father any day now.
[04:07.13]If I live long enough to get a hunchback, that is.
[04:13.83]Why won't you live long enough?
[04:18.23]Colin stared at Mary crossly.
[04:22.43]Because I'm so weak and ill.
[04:25.97]Isn't it obvious?
[04:29.80]It's not obvious to me.
[04:33.13]You just look thin and pale, a bit like I did when I came from India.
[04:43.29]What does your father do to help?
[04:49.46]My father?
[04:52.49]My father hates me, Colin growled.
[04:58.17]He hates me because when I was born, my mother died.
[05:04.88]The only time he comes in this room is when he thinks I'm asleep.
[05:13.26]How, how old are you?
[05:17.42]Mary asked.
[05:20.59]10.
[05:25.17]The same as me, Mary replied.
[05:29.61]The same length of time the secret garden has been locked up, she thought.
[05:37.98]Mary remembered Martha telling her about the broken swing.
[05:44.60]Poor Mrs. Craven, dying without ever seeing her baby.
[05:54.90]Tell me about India, Colin said, breaking into Mary's thoughts.
[06:04.12]So Mary told him about India, about the heat and the monsoons and the elephants and tigers and Rajas.
[06:19.70]Colin listened until he began to fall asleep.
[06:25.39]Mary felt tired too.
[06:29.69]I am going back to my room now, she said softly.
[06:36.89]You must come again, he told her, his voice far away.
[06:43.25]Come again, soon.