1 "I have no friends at all," said Mary.
2 "He's friends with me now," said Mary.
3 That's how he made friends with th pony.
4 He's a great friend o Dickon's, said Martha.
5 "Aye, he's a friend o yours," chuckled Dickon.
6 "He's made up his mind to make friends with thee," replied Ben.
7 He's not had a tantrum or a whining fit since you made friends.
8 I wish I was friends with things," he said at last, "but I'm not.
9 Dickon spoke to him as Ben Weatherstaff did, but Dickon's tone was one of friendly advice.
10 He's knowed me ever since I was a little un an he's a friendly sort an I axed him some questions.
11 Aye," said Dickon, as if it was the most natural thing in the world, "he's callin some one he's friends with.
12 There was something comforting and really friendly in her queer Yorkshire speech and sturdy way which had a good effect on Mary.
13 He smiled at their friendly grins and took a golden sovereign from his pocket and gave it to "our 'Lizabeth Ellen" who was the oldest.'
14 Secretly she quite believed that Dickon worked Magic, of course good Magic, on everything near him and that was why people liked him so much and wild creatures knew he was their friend.
15 But when on his way across the moor he stopped the carriage at the cottage, seven or eight children who were playing about gathered in a group and bobbing seven or eight friendly and polite curtsies told him that their mother had gone to the other side of the moor early in the morning to help a woman who had a new baby.