She wouldn't send the jelly to him, you know, and she was so afraid he'd think she did send it!" "Probably she didn't call him no duty," shrugged Nancy.

"But what beats me is how he happened ter take ter you so, Miss Pollyanna--meanin' no offence ter you, of course--but he ain't the sort o' man what gen'rally takes ter kids; he ain't, he ain't." Pollyanna smiled happily.
"But he did, Nancy," she nodded, "only I reckon even he didn't want to--ALL the time.

Why, only to-day he owned up that one time he just felt he never wanted to see me again, because I reminded him of something he wanted to forget.

But afterwards--" "What's that ?" interrupted Nancy, excitedly.

"He said you reminded him of something he wanted to forget ?" "Yes.