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Two visits

           Therewasanothersilence; then,abruptly,themanasked: 

           "Sheherselfdoesn’tknowyetofcoursedoesshe?" 

           "Butshedoes,sir."sobbedNancy,"an’that’swhatmakesitalltheharder. Shefoundoutdratthatcat! Ibegsyerpardon,"apologizedthegirl,hurriedly. "It’sonlythatthecatpushedopenthedooran’MissPollyannaoverheard‘emtalkin’. Shefoundoutthatway." 

           "Poorlittlegirl!"sighedthemanagain. 

           "Yes,sir. You’dsayso,sir,ifyoucouldseeher,"chokedNancy. "Ihain’tseenherbuttwicesincesheknewaboutit,an’itdonemeupbothtimes. Yeseeit’sallsofreshan’newtoher,an’shekeepsthinkin’allthetimeofnewthingsshecan’tdoNOW. Itworriesher,too,‘causeshecan’tseemterbegladmaybeyoudon’tknowabouthergame,though,"brokeoffNancy,apologetically. 

           "The‘gladgame’?"askedtheman. "Oh,yes; shetoldmeofthat." 

           "Oh,shedid! Well,Iguessshehastolditgenerallytermostfolks. Butyesee,nowsheshecan’tplayitherself,an’itworriesher. Shesaysshecan’tthinkofathingnotathingaboutthisnotwalkin’again,terbegladabout." 

           "Well,whyshouldshe?"retortedtheman,almostsavagely. 

           Nancyshiftedherfeetuneasily. 

           "That’sthewayIfelt,tootillIhappenedterthinkitWOULDbeeasierifshecouldfindsomethin’,yeknow. SoItriedtotoremindher." "Toremindher! Ofwhat?" JohnPendleton’svoicewasstillangrilyimpatient. 

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