I do all the work except the washin' an' hard ironin'.

Mis' Durgin does that." "But there IS an Aunt Polly ?" demanded the child, anxiously.
"You bet your life there is," cut in Timothy.
Pollyanna relaxed visibly.
"Oh, that's all right, then." There was a moment's silence, then she went on brightly: "And do you know?
I'm glad, after all, that she didn't come to meet me; because now I've got HER still coming, and I've got you besides." Nancy flushed.

Timothy turned to her with a quizzical smile.
"I call that a pretty slick compliment," he said.

"Why don't you thank the little lady ?" "I--I was thinkin' about--Miss Polly," faltered Nancy.
Pollyanna sighed contentedly.
"I was, too.

I'm so interested in her.