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           Thewinterpassed,andspringcame. TheanxiouswatchersoverPollyanna’sconditioncouldseelittlechangewroughtbytheprescribedtreatment. Thereseemedeveryreasontobelieve,indeed,thatDr.Mead’sworstfearswouldberealizedthatPollyannawouldneverwalkagain. 

           Beldingsville,ofcourse,keptitselfinformedconcerningPollyanna; andofBeldingsville,onemaninparticularfumedandfrettedhimselfintoafeverofanxietyoverthedailybulletinswhichhemanagedinsomewaytoprocurefromthebedofsuffering. Asthedayspassed,however,andthenewscametobenobetter,butratherworse,somethingbesidesanxietybegantoshowintheman’sface:despair,andaverydoggeddetermination,eachfightingforthemastery. Intheend,thedoggeddeterminationwon; anditwasthenthatMr.JohnPendleton,somewhattohissurprise,receivedoneSaturdaymorningacallfromDr.ThomasChilton. 

           "Pendleton,"beganthedoctor,abruptly,"I’vecometoyoubecauseyou,betterthananyoneelseintown,knowsomethingofmyrelationswithMissPollyHarrington." 

           JohnPendletonwasconsciousthathemusthavestartedvisiblyhedidknowsomethingoftheaffairbetweenPollyHarringtonandThomasChilton,butthematterhadnotbeenmentionedbetweenthemforfifteenyears,ormore. 

           "Yes,"hesaid,tryingtomakehisvoicesoundconcernedenoughforsympathy,andnoteagerenoughforcuriosity. Inamomenthesawthatheneednothaveworried,however:thedoctorwasquitetoointentonhiserrandtonoticehowthaterrandwasreceived. 

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