[Polly Oliver’s Problem by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin]@TWC D-Link bookPolly Oliver’s Problem CHAPTER XI 6/13
I have thought of you very often since I gave you the flowers; and as I did n't know your name, I have always called you my lady in black.' "'I should be very glad to be your "lady" in any color,' I answered, 'and my other name is Mrs.Bird.' Then I asked her if she would not come and see me.
She said, 'Yes, with pleasure,' and told me also that her mother was ill, and that she left her as little as possible; whereupon I offered to go and see her instead. "Now, here endeth the first lesson, and here beginneth the second, namely, my new plan, on which I wish to ask your advice.
You know that all the money Donald and I used to spend on Carol's nurses, physicians, and what not, we give away each Christmas Day in memory of her.
It may be that we give it in monthly installments, but we try to plan it and let people know about it on that day.
I propose to create a new profession for talented young women who like to be helpful to others as well as to themselves.
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