The Secret Garden (1949)
Margaret O'Brien: Mary Lennox
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Quotes
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Martha : My brother Dickon will be coming up to see thee.
Mary Lennox : Your brother?
Martha : Aye, thou'll like Dickon. What a one he is for growing things and the animals. Half lives on it, he does, almost like an animal himself.
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Dickon : And Ben said he loved her, and I said, what of that? Is loving someone a reason to kill? And Ben said, how old are thee?
Colin Craven : My father must've loved my mother very much.
Mary Lennox : I suppose we're not old enough. There must be an awful lot we don't know. I don't want to grow up.
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Dickon : I've watched thee go about the garden. There's no way in.
Mary Lennox : In where?
Dickon : The secret garden. He locked the gate long years ago.
Mary Lennox : Who locked the gate?
Dickon : The master. Lord Craven, thy uncle.
Mary Lennox : What do you know about it?
Dickon : I know what's said. He locked the gate and buried the key, and nary's a soul been in there since.
Mary Lennox : I don't believe you. Do you know why I don't believe you? Because there isn't any gate. I've looked.
Dickon : Eh, so've I.
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Mary Lennox : What were you doing watching me?
Dickon : I came to play with thee. My mother thought thou might be lonely.
Mary Lennox : Well, I'm not, and I don't play with any servant's brother. I never heard of anything so ridiculous. Thou can just go home.
[Dickon laughs]
Mary Lennox : I mean, you can just go home.
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Mary Lennox : What's that?
Dickon : A fox cub. His name's Captain.
Mary Lennox : Dickon, are you still angry with me?
Dickon : When was I ever angry with thee?
Mary Lennox : Oh, good. Dickon, I've got so many secrets I'm just dying.
Dickon : Thou seems most healthy.
Mary Lennox : Dickon, I need you. All you have to do is listen. What good is a secret if there's no one to tell it to?
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Mary Lennox : I'll play with you some other time. I have to meet Dickon.
Colin Craven : Who's Dickon?
Mary Lennox : A boy I know.
Colin Craven : I don't like him!
Mary Lennox : You don't like anything.
Colin Craven : Yes, I do. I want you to stay here and play with me.
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Colin Craven : You don't even care how I won't live to grow up.
Mary Lennox : Stop it. You'll live as long as I will. You just say that to make people feel sorry for you and do what you say.
Colin Craven : Don't you dare say that! Don't you dare say how I won't die!
Mary Lennox : Why, you're proud of it. It makes you feel important.
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Mary Lennox : Wait a minute. Aren't you going to dress me?
Martha : What?
Mary Lennox : Well, in India, it's the custom.
Martha : Thou cannot dress thyself?
Mary Lennox : Of course I can. It's just -
[Martha laughs]
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Mary Lennox : Martha, I heard someone crying last night, as I was going to bed. I'm sure I heard someone crying.
Martha : Aye, it was the scullery maid. It was last night. She had a toothache. What a fearful row!
Mary Lennox : Mrs. Medlock said it was the wind.
Martha : Oh, she did?
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Mary Lennox : Wait a minute. Aren't you going to dress me?
Martha : What?
Mary Lennox : Well, in India, it's the custom.
Martha : Thou cannot dress thyself?
Mary Lennox : Of course I can. It's just--
[Martha laughs]