Bertha Haines couldn't speak, and the little girl was illiterate, so the two of them couldn't communicate at all.
When Mrs. Payne returned, Bertha Haines got back into her sleeping bag and pretended to sleep.
The next morning, after getting up, Bertha Haines deliberately walked around the yard and then discovered the small hut on the edge was locked.
What illness did the little girl's mother have that she needed to be locked up?
Could she be mad?
Bertha Haines quickly learned the answer from other children in the village.
"Little Payne's mother is mad; she almost dropped Little Payne to her death once."
"I heard from my grandmother that she wasn't mad when she first arrived; she went mad later."
Bertha Haines grasped the key point, but she didn't know how to communicate with the children. At this moment, Sebastian Page spoke up.
"She's not from your village?"
Bertha Haines gratefully glanced at Sebastian Page.
