The Secret Garden, complete online version

First edition illustrated Children's Book By Frances Hodgson Burnett

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	338           THE SECRET GARDEN think she must have been a sort of Magic person perhaps." " You are so like her now," said Mary, " that sometimes I think perhaps you are her ghost made into a boy." That idea seemed to impress Colin. He thought it over and then answered her slowly. "If I were her ghost — my father would be fond of me," he said. " Do you want him to be fond of you?" in­quired Mary. " I used to hate it because he was not fond of me. If he grew fond of me I think I should tell him about the Magic. It might make him more cheerful."