How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Well," said Dr. Craven, "so long as going without food agrees with them we need not disturb ourselves. The boy is a new creature."
"So is the girl," said Mrs. Medlock. "She's begun to be downright pretty since she's filled out and lost her ugly little sour look. Her hair's grown thick and healthy looking and she's got a bright color. The glummest, ill-natured little thing she used to be and now her and Master Colin laugh together like a pair of crazy young ones. Perhaps they're growing fat on that."
"Perhaps they are," said Dr. Craven. "Let them laugh." (24.78-80)
This outsider perspective coming from Dr. Craven and Mrs. Medlock—who are supposed to be taking care of Mary and Colin—is really striking. Both of them have distant, almost hateful views of the kids they're watching out for. Why do you think Burnett suddenly includes these flashes of outsider perspective? What do these scenes help to bring out in comparison to the rest of the novel?