Mrs. Medlock awakens Mary when they arrive at Thwaite Station. She does not offer to help as Mrs. Medlock collects all their belongings. Mrs. Medlock is greeted first by the stationmaster and then by the footman who ushers them into a carriage for the ride across to the manor. They speak in an odd, broad fashion that is characteristic of Yorkshire. In the low light of the carriage lamps, Mary can make out the village they pass through, then the trees and the hedges, until at last she can see nothing but the darkness around her. This is the moor, a great expanse many miles across with bushes and low-growing things.
The carriage comes to stop at a very large house. The man who meets them tells Mrs. Medlock that Mary's.....
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