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That will do, Pollyanna, she said stiffly. You have said quite enough, Im sure. The next minute she had swept down the stairsand not until she reached the first floor did it suddenly occur to her that she had gone up into the attic to find a white wool shawl in the cedar chest near the east window. Less than twenty-four hours later, Miss Polly said to Nancy, crisply: Nancy, you may move Miss Pollyannas things downstairs this morning to the room directly beneath. I have decided to have my niece sleep there for the present. Yes, maam, said Nancy aloud. O glory! said Nancy to herself. To Pollyanna, a minute later, she cried joyously: And wont ye jest be listenin ter this, Miss Pollyanna. Youre ter sleep downstairs in the room straight under this. You areyou are! Pollyanna actually grew white. You meanwhy, Nancy, not reallyreally and truly? I guess youll think its really and truly, prophesied Nancy, exultingly, nodding her head to Pollyanna over the armful of dresses she had taken from the closet. Im told ter take down yer things, and Im goin ter take em, too, fore she gets a chance ter change her mind. Pollyanna did not stop to hear the end of this sentence. At the imminent risk of being dashed headlong, she was flying downstairs, two steps at a time. Bang went two doors and a chair before Pollyanna at last reached her goalAunt Polly. Oh, Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, did you mean it, really? Why, that rooms got everythingthe carpet and curtains and three pictures, besides the one outdoors, too, cause the windows look the same way. Oh, Aunt Polly! Very well, Pollyanna. I am gratified that you like the change, of course; but if you think so much of all those things, I trust you will take proper care of them; thats all. Pollyanna, please pick up that chair; and you have banged two doors in the last half-minute. Miss Polly spoke sternly, all the more sternly because, for some inexplicable reason, she felt inclined to cryand Miss Polly was not used to feeling inclined to cry. Pollyanna picked up the chair. Yesm; I know I banged emthose doors, she admitted cheerfully. You see Id just found out about the room, and I reckon youd have banged doors if Pollyanna stopped short and eyed her aunt with new interest. Aunt Polly, did you ever bang doors? I hopenot, Pollyanna! Miss Pollys voice was properly shocked. Why, Aunt Polly, what a shame! Pollyannas face expressed only concerned sympathy. A shame! repeated Aunt Polly, too dazed to say more. |
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