Two days later, the rain has stopped and the sky over the moor is a dazzling blue. Martha tells Mary how spectacular the moor is when it is sunny and in bloom. She tells of colorful flowers, hundreds of butterflies, bees and singing birds. Martha is leaving for her day off. She will walk five miles across the moor to her family's cottage. Mary wants to go out on the moor, even some day to visit Martha's cottage and meet her mother. Mary likes Martha's mother, even though they have not met, Martha makes her sound so dear. She feels the same about Dickon, too.
The weather has changed and even Ben Weatherstaff is in a better mood. He tells Mary about how the flowers will grow now that.....
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