The Secret Garden Page #4

If we found the door...

...we could go inside.

What is it?

I didn't dare tell you.

I didn't because I was so afraid

I couldn't trust you.

What?

I've been in the secret garden.

I found the key weeks ago.

Go on. Tell me.

When you open the door,

you can't see anything.

Then you go down some stone steps.

By the time you reach the bottom,

you're surrounded by flowers.

Every day, new flowers open.

It's like magic.

Baby animals are being born.

I'm going out in my chair.

If the fresh air agrees with me...

...I may go out every day.

Not every day, surely, Master Colin.

When I go, nobody is to be anywhere near.

None of the staff, not a single gardener.

Is that clear?

What do they say in India...

...when you want people to go?

You say:

"I have spoken. All depart."

I have spoken.

All depart.

But remember...

...this is very important.

Step back.

You are to stay here, Medlock.

- Oh, but Master Colin...

- Stay here!

Just take these stupid things off!

What good are they now?

Get inside.

- Are these your animals?

- Yes.

It's safe.

Go fast, Dickon! Faster! Faster!

Faster, Dickon! Faster!

Faster!

Faster!

Here we go.

Go along, Honker.

I wish I could help.

Don't worry. We'll have you walking

before you know it.

Me? Walk?

Do you think I could?

You have legs like everybody else.

But I never thought l...

Close your eyes, Colin.

Am I there?

Almost.

Now.

Yes.

I imagined this.

The pond was clogged when we first came.

Really?

Do you see that flower?

That's a cornflower. There's a robin's nest.

That's where I found the Empress of India.

I planted all those bulbs and seeds.

I'm going to come here tomorrow.

And the day after.

And the day after that.

See.

You must pull the weeds up...

...to give the flowers room.

Get off.

It's only a worm.

It's not "ew."

See? He likes them, too.

Who's that man?

What are you doing in here?

How did you get in?

You awful, little busybody!

I couldn't bear you the first time

I set eyes on you.

It was the robin who showed me the door.

Do you know who I am?

Who you are?

You're the little cripple.

- Lf he's got a lump...

- I'm not a cripple!

...it's the size of a pin.

- Your back's not crooked?

- No!

And you haven't crooked legs?

Who said I had crooked legs?

No one ever said that.

You can do it.

You can do it.

You can do it.

Look at me.

Just look, you.

We didn't want you, but now you're here.

Don't say a word about it to anyone.

Send for you to help us sometimes.

I've come here before,

when no one saw me.

Your mother...

...was so fond of this garden.

She would ask me to look after her roses.

She'd never ask anybody else.

When she went away,

orders were no one were to come here.

But I come anyway.

She gave her orders first.

You know how to keep a secret.

Come inside. Be quick.

Oh, laddie.

Yes, sir. Right away, sir.

I'll meet him at the door.

- Are you making this magic?

- No.

You are.

It's like the story,

the whole universe is in here.

I'm certain it is.

- I could marry you.

- What?

But we're cousins!

I don't care.

I want us always to be together.

We are together.

Come back.

See you tomorrow.

I'll be back tomorrow.

What's he doing?

What does he want?

He lost his mother.

He's hungry.

He's only a few days old.

He just learned how to walk.

You can hold him, if you like.

Be careful, Master Colin.

Where did he come from?

Three days ago...

...I was out on the moor.

I heard bleating under the bushes.

So, I started to look, and I looked...

...and I looked, and at last,

I seen a bit of gray by a rock.

So, I climbed up

and there was the little one.

Off you go.

Go on. Go on.

Give me your hand.

You can do it.

You can do it.

You can do it.

You can do it.

You did it! You can walk!

I did it! I did it!

I did it!

I did it!

Are you a ghost?

It's me!

Colin!

Medlock might hear you.

Then we wouldn't have to worry

about her anymore.

She'd drop dead

at the sight of you walking.

You're right.

How did you get here?

I found the way by myself.

You climbed the stairs?

This is how I want it to be with my father.

I want to surprise him.

Just like this.

I want him to see me

before anyone else does.

I wish we knew how to find him.

Medlock must know.

We can steal the address from her.

I'll have a fit,

and when she comes running...

I saw a desk in your father's room.

It had lots of papers on it.

Maybe it's there.

I looked and I couldn't find the address.

But I discovered another

of my uncle's secrets.

That's my mother.

I think that is my father.

That's me.

I think she's beautiful.

Attention!

Over here.

Smile.

Sit on the swing, Dickon.

Look at each other.

Now, look at me.

Come on, Dickon!

Stop all this.

I am well.

Write to my father

and tell him to come back.

I do not believe you are well.

Your pulse is much too quick.

And there's a definite sign

of fever in your eyes.

John, bring that ice.

Despite what you and your cousin

may think, you're still under my care.

Your father trusts me to do what is best

for you, and that's what I will do.

God, look at your legs.

They're all swollen and red.

Come on, Will.

If I'm so sick,

you should send for my father.

You are to stay in bed.

You are not to go out into the gardens.

Give me the address and I'll write to him.

You'll do no such thing.

Give it to me.

I've had enough.

Between the wretched girl

and the dangers of the fresh air...

...heaven knows what's happened to you.

You could be clotting.

She probably turned your chair over.

I won't stand for it. Not anymore.

I won't stand for any of it! Come on, John.

I'm keeping you children apart.

He is a very ill little boy.

I've worked too hard and too long

to keep him alive...

...to have him killed by one pig-headed,

meddlesome little girl like you.

Come on.

It's safe.

Everybody's gone.

Ben's waiting at the gate.

Thank you.

We're making magic here.

When I grow up,

I'll make great discoveries.

And this is my first experiment.

Aye.

"Oh, great magic

"Please come to me

"Send me my father here

"Set his spirit free

"Oh, great magic

"Please come to me

"Send me my father here

"Set his spirit free

"Oh, great magic

"Please come to me

"Send me my father here

"Set his spirit free

"Oh, great magic

"Please come to me

"Send me my father here

"Set his spirit free"

Go!

Archie! Archie! Archie!

Lilias! Lilias! Where are you?

In the garden! I'm in the garden!

I'm in the garden!

I'm in the garden...

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