The Secret Crossword

3. - This describes a grey sky. “…with ____ old pictures on the walls and heavy old oak chairs.”
5. -They are just so disagreeable. “It was in this way Mistress Mary arrived at Misselthwaite Manor and she had perhaps never felt quite so___in all her life.”
6. - She is such a voluble person. This word describes Martha Sowerby.
7. - I have my own feet. This is a characteristic the protagonist lacked majorly in the beginning.
12. - That is a peculiar reason. This can describe a grand house with a hundred bolted doors and the man who shies away from his only memory.
13. -This is truly a wave-less expanse of land. “It's covered wi' growin' things as smells sweet. It's fair lovely in spring an' summer when th' gorse an' broom an' heather's in flower.”
14. SAHIB -This person is as awful a little pig as ever lived. “She looked only more frightened and repeated that it was not possible for the Ayah to come…”
15. - Wait! You’re my daughter? This describes Mrs. Lennox.
18. - This describes the colour of a pale banana. “If she were not so __and had a nicer expression, her features are rather good."

1. - This refers to the diction of the locals. “I don't understand…”
2. - This is the Indian title given to a care giver and this is Mary’s first loss. A major burden was lifted off of Mrs. Lennox’s shoulders due to this person.
4. - A more dictatorial person, never to be found. This describes Mary at the beginning of the story.
7. - This word describes what strange and unique things are. “Mary was an odd, determined little person, and now she had something to be determined about, she was very much absorbed, indeed.”
8. - She prefers to be isolated. This can be associated with the young protagonist.
9. SAHIB - This person is full of lace. “If she wished to please ¬_____she must keep…”
10. - Why did you leave me empty? This describes Mary after everyone left.
11. - No one becomes poor by giving (Ann Frank). This describes Dickon.
16. -This is a murderer. “… People were dying like flies.”
17. - I’ll greet you with a bright smile and warm hug. This describes how the red robin was towards Mary.
18. - He is so ill-tempered. “He had a ___ old face, and did not seem at all pleased to see her.”