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“Of course I knew,” hurried on Pollyanna, gratefully, “that you wouldn’t let a dear little lonesome kitty go hunting for a home when you’d just taken ME in; and I said so to Mrs. Ford when she asked if you’d let me keep it. Why, I had the Ladies’ Aid, you know, and kitty didn’t have anybody. I knew you’d feel that way,” she nodded happily, as she ran from the room.

“Why, yes. You see, if you’d felt like banging doors you’d have banged ’em, of course; and if you didn’t, that must have meant that you weren’t ever glad over anything – or you would have banged ’em. You couldn’t have helped it. And I’m so sorry you weren’t ever glad over anything[79]!”

“Why, I told you I would. Don’t you remember? You asked me to tell you something to be glad about – glad, you know, even though you did have to lie

“I was just bound you should have what you wanted for once;

“As if anybody COULD eat dollar bills and not know it, Nancy, when they come to try to chew ’em!”

“How do you do?” she chirped. “I’m so glad it isn’t yesterday, aren’t you?”

“It isn’t so nice to-day, is it?” she called blithesomely. “I’m glad it doesn’t rain always, anyhow!”

“Of course not – and I’m glad, too,” nodded Pollyanna, cheerfully, “because then I can fix it again. Anyhow, I should think you’d be glad it’s black – black shows up so much nicer on a pillow than yellow hair like mine does.”

“Yes, when you might be just living, you know. It seems such a pity we can’t live nights, too.”

“O dear, I wish I didn’t,” sighed Pollyanna, placing the jelly on the little stand and seating herself comfortably in the nearest chair. “You lose such a lot of time just sleeping! Don’t you think so?”