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"Thank you, I am doing well enough," said Pickering, with his best society manner on, and extending his hand, "much obliged, I'm sure; what I should have done without you, I don't know, of course; send in your bill, and I shall be only too happy to make it all right." Jack Loughead rushed up to Polly. "No one told me is your arm " he couldn't say "broken," being quite beyond control of himself.
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But I don't believe anybody ever will come in all this world," added Polly softly, "because there is no one left who belongs to Johnny," and she told the story the pale little mother had just finished when the car went over. Old Mr. Loughead "hemmed," and exclaimed impatiently, and fidgeted in his chair, all through the recital.
"That cad of a Loughead means to speak soon 'pon me word, the fellow does. And I've never changed my mind about it since I made it up, even when you began to give music lessons." "Oh, how extremely kind," cried Polly. "Don't put it that way," he began deprecatingly. "I couldn't help it, don't you know, for I liked you awfully from the first, and always intended to marry you.
"I can wait," said the doctor, moving down to the foot of the four-poster, where he stood looking at the feeding process, "and I can go in and see Mr. Loughead meanwhile." Pickering dodged the spoon, nearly in his mouth. "Who?" he cried. "Dear me," cried Polly, trying to save the gruel drops from falling on Mrs. Higby's crazy quilt, "how you frightened me, Pickering."
Then he tapped his boot with his walking-stick. "So you really think my sister will amount to something, Miss Pepper?" He looked at her keenly. Polly started. "Oh, yes, indeed! Why, she must, Mr. Loughead." He laughed, and bit his moustache.
Cabot, who insisted on being beside him, and old Mr. Loughead in front the others of the party merrily following in a large old vehicle of no particular pattern whatever and before anybody could hardly realize it, the train came rushing in, and there were hurried good-bys, and hand-shakes, and they were off Phronsie crying as she held to her, "I wish you were going too, I do, dear Mrs. Higby."
"Yes, it will please them," said Charlotte, after a minute, "and I will run over in the morning and ask them." "That's good!" cried Dr. Fisher, bringing his hands together with a joyful clap; and getting out of his chair he began to skip up and down like a boy. "And let Amy Loughead do the piano music, do; that will please Polly to see how the child has gone ahead.
"How d'ye do?" said Pickering quite jauntily, and extending the tips of his fingers; "just got here, I take it, Loughead?" "Yes," returned Jack Loughead. Pickering was made no more steady in his mind, nor on his feet, by seeing the other's evident uneasiness, but he covered it up by a careless "Well, I suppose you have come to look up your uncle, hey?"
She shut her teeth tightly, and turned back again. "I wouldn't, Miss Loughead," she began. But her voice sounded cold and unsympathetic, and Amy clung to Polly tighter than ever. Ben now looked in. "Come, Polly," he said. "You really ought to be out here, and it's almost three o'clock." Amy gave a gasp. "What shall I do?"
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