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Pollyanna

1

Miss

Polly

Harrington

entered

her

kitchen

a

little

hurriedly

this

June

morning

.

Miss

Polly

did

not

usually

make

hurried

movements

;

she

specially

prided

herself

on

her

repose

of

manner

.

But

to-day

she

was

hurrying

--

actually

hurrying

.

2

Nancy

,

washing

dishes

at

the

sink

,

looked

up

in

surprise

.

Nancy

had

been

working

in

Miss

Polly

's

kitchen

only

two

months

,

but

already

she

knew

that

her

mistress

did

not

usually

hurry

.

3

"

Nancy

!

"

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4

"

Yes

,

ma'am

.

"

Nancy

answered

cheerfully

,

but

she

still

continued

wiping

the

pitcher

in

her

hand

.

5

"

Nancy

,

"

--

Miss

Polly

's

voice

was

very

stern

now

--

"

when

I

'm

talking

to

you

,

I

wish

you

to

stop

your

work

and

listen

to

what

I

have

to

say

.

"

6

Nancy

flushed

miserably

.

She

set

the

pitcher

down

at

once

,

with

the

cloth

still

about

it

,

thereby

nearly

tipping

it

over

--

which

did

not

add

to

her

composure

.

7

"

Yes

,

ma'am

;

I

will

,

ma'am

,

"

she

stammered

,

righting

the

pitcher

,

and

turning

hastily

.

"

I

was

only

keepin

'

on

with

my

work

'

cause

you

specially

told

me

this

mornin

'

ter

hurry

with

my

dishes

,

ye

know

.

"

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8

Her

mistress

frowned

.

9

"

That

will

do

,

Nancy

.

I

did

not

ask

for

explanations

.

I

asked

for

your

attention

.

"

10

"

Yes

,

ma'am

.

"

Nancy

stifled

a

sigh

.

She

was

wondering

if

ever

in

any

way

she

could

please

this

woman

.

Nancy

had

never

"

worked

out

"

before

;

but

a

sick

mother

suddenly

widowed

and

left

with

three

younger

children

besides

Nancy

herself

,

had

forced

the

girl

into

doing

something

toward

their

support

,

and

she

had

been

so

pleased

when

she

found

a

place

in

the

kitchen

of

the

great

house

on

the

hill

--

Nancy

had

come

from

"

The

Corners

,

"

six

miles

away

,

and

she

knew

Miss

Polly

Harrington

only

as

the

mistress

of

the

old

Harrington

homestead

,

and

one

of

the

wealthiest

residents

of

the

town

.

That

was

two

months

before

.

She

knew

Miss

Polly

now

as

a

stern

,

severe-faced

woman

who

frowned

if

a

knife

clattered

to

the

floor

,

or

if

a

door

banged

--

but

who

never

thought

to

smile

even

when

knives

and

doors

were

still

.

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