"I should like to see them," said Mary. "Where is the green door? There must be a door somewhere."

Ben drove his spade deep and looked as uncompanionable as he had looked when she first saw him.

"There was ten year' ago, but there isn't now," he said.

Which explains why Ben Weatherstaff's expression became "uncompanionable"?


Question 2 options:

He doesn't know the answer to Mary's question.

He is exhausted from working so hard.

Talking about the secret garden is painful for Ben. '

He dislikes Mary.