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This passage shows Mary sitting small and still in the train carriage, dressed all in black, with Mrs. Medlock watching her disapprovingly. Burnett lets the thinness of the hands, the limpness of the hair, and the plain, marred little face do all the work.
Mary sat in her corner of the railway carriage and looked plain and fretful. She had nothing to read or to look at, and she had folded her thin little black-gloved hands in her lap. Her black dress ma...
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Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 2 from the moment Mary is taken to the English clergyman's house, through Basil teasing her with 'Mistress Mary, quite contrary,' to her long train journey to Yorkshire with Mrs. Medlock.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story tells you that Mary did not get along with Basil and the other children at the English clergyman's house?
- How do you know that Mrs. Medlock did not think much of Mary when she first met her in London?
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Item 1
Simple-looking without being pretty or fancy.
Item 2
Not wide or thick, like slim small hands.
Item 3
Soft and drooping, with no stiffness or bounce.
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