The Portrait of Mrs. Craven

You are wondering why the curtain is drawn back. I am going to keep it like that... Because it doesn't make
me angry any more to see her laughing.
Colin keeps a portrait of his mother concealed behind a curtain because he is too afraid that she will look down at her ill boy and be disappointed. Since she has been behind a curtain for many years this further aligns her with the secret garden; she, too,