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The Secret Garden Chapter 7 Summary

"The Key of the Garden"

  • The next morning after the rainstorm, the whole moor has changed: The sky is bright and blue, the sun is shining, and the moor looks softer than before. Spring is coming.
  • Mary decides that she wants to visit Martha's cottage someday, to meet her mother and her brother Dickon.
  • Even so, Mary is sure that Dickon won't like her—after all, no one does. (Wow, Mary is getting kind of emo here.)
  • Martha asks Mary if she likes herself, and Mary agrees that she doesn't like herself at all.
  • Mary goes out to find Ben Weatherstaff working.
  • He says that the spring flowers will soon be blooming.
  • Mary sees the robin and decides to follow it.
  • The robin leads her to a hole in the ground where some dog has been digging.
  • In the hole is an old keyring—and Mary realizes that it might be the key to the locked garden.