The Secret Garden, Chapter 2 summary
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In Chapter 2, Mary leaves the Crawfords, travels to England, and joins Mrs. Medlock for the train journey toward her uncle’s home in Yorkshire. Stories about Mr. Archibald Craven’s grief and isolation stir her curiosity and brief sympathy, but warnings about solitude and forbidden rooms leave her resentful.
What happens
- Mary rejects the clergyman’s children, and Basil gives her a mocking nickname while she makes a small garden.
- Basil describes her uncle as unpleasant, and Mrs. Crawford confirms that Mary is going to live at Misselthwaite Manor.
- An officer’s wife escorts Mary to England and hands her over to Mrs. Medlock in London.
- Mary feels lonely and wonders why she never feels that she belongs to anyone.
- During the train journey, Mrs. Medlock describes the old house and explains Mr. Craven’s withdrawal after his wife’s death.
- Mrs. Medlock warns Mary to occupy herself and avoid forbidden rooms; Mary loses her sympathy and falls asleep watching rain.
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