Mary is taken first to the home of an English clergyman where the children nickname her, "Mistress Mary Quite Contrary" because she is so disagreeable. Later, Mary's uncle, Mr. Archibald Craven, sends his housekeeper to London to meet Mary when she arrives. Mary thinks Mrs. Medlock is very disagreeable. Mrs. Medlock thinks Mary looks plain, sickly and spoiled. Medlock tells Mary about her new home on the train ride to Yorkshire.
Misselthwaite Manor is gloomy, but very grand with nearly a hundred rooms - six hundred years old and is on the edge of a moor,. Mrs. Medlock does not know what Mary will do there, but assures her that her uncle will not trouble her because he pays attention to no one and is rarely there. She warns Mary.....
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