Mary awakens in the middle of that night, deeply disappointed by the sound of heavy rain and wind. She sits up in bed at a sound different from the wind, a sound she is sure is somebody crying. She takes a candle and follows the sound to a door with light beneath it. She opens the door and enters. She is in a big room with handsome, old furniture, a low fire and a big four-poster bed. A boy is in the bed, crying. He looks as if he has been ill, but he seems to be crying more from tiredness and frustration than from pain.
The boy is as surprised to see Mary as she is to see him. He says that he is Colin Craven, Mr. Craven's son. He.....
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