![]() ![]() She objects to Lavinia's behavior, but Lavinia explains that her mother would not allow her to tell stories to servants. This prompts Sara to reveal her more hotheaded side. Lavinia, though, calls attention to the eavesdropper, who runs out of the room. ![]() Sara, seeing that she is working slowly and quietly because she wants to hear the story that is being told, raises her voice to help the girl hear. Later, though, the same girl enters the room where Sara is telling a story to friends and begins to clean the fireplace. ![]() One day she notices a small, grimy child watching her, but the child runs away as soon as Sara notices her presence. Sara loves to tell stories and get lost in her imagination. Burnett begins chapter five by explaining that Sara's true power lies in neither her wealth nor her cleverness, but in her ability to make up stories. ![]()
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