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Oh, I am, retorted the man grimly. And you didnt break but one. You can be glad twasnt two. Pollyanna was warming to her task. Of course! So fortunate, sniffed the man, with uplifted eyebrows; looking at it from that standpoint, I suppose I might be glad I wasnt a centipede and didnt break fifty! Pollyanna chuckled. Oh, thats the best yet, she crowed. I know what a centipede is; theyve got lots of legs. And you can be glad Oh, of course, interrupted the man, sharply, all the old bitterness coming back to his voice; I can be glad, too, for all the rest, I supposethe nurse, and the doctor, and that confounded woman in the kitchen! Why, yes, sironly think how bad twould be if you didnt have them! Well, Ieh? he demanded sharply. Why, I say, only think how bad it would be if you didnt have emand you lying here like this! As if that wasnt the very thing that was at the bottom of the whole matter, retorted the man, testily, because I am lying here like this! And yet you expect me to say Im glad because of a fool woman who disarranges the whole house and calls it regulating, and a man who aids and abets her in it, and calls it nursing, to say nothing of the doctor who eggs em both onand the whole bunch of them, meanwhile, expecting me to pay them for it, and pay them well, too! Pollyanna frowned sympathetically. Yes, I know. That part is too badabout the moneywhen youve been saving it, too, all this time. Wheneh? Saving itbuying beans and fish balls, you know. Say, do you like beans?or do you like turkey better, only on account of the sixty cents? Look a-here, child, what are you talking about? Pollyanna smiled radiantly. About your money, you knowdenying yourself, and saving it for the heathen. You see, I found out about it. Why, Mr. Pendleton, thats one of the ways I knew you werent cross inside. Nancy told me. The mans jaw dropped. Nancy told you I was saving money for theWell, may I inquire who Nancy is? Our Nancy. She works for Aunt Polly. Aunt Polly! Well, who is Aunt Polly? Shes Miss Polly Harrington. I live with her. The man made a sudden movement. MissPollyHarrington! he breathed. You live withher! |
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