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Adam sat close while Kate ate her supper, then he helped her

unpack her trunk and hang away her dresses, and then they sat on

the porch talking for a long tio to bed Kate said: "Adam, about

Polly: first time you see her, if she asks, tell her she left

home of her own free will and accord, and in her ohich,

by the way, happens to be a Holt way; but you needn't mention

that I think by this time she has learned or soon she will learn

that; and whenever she wants to coht ahead I can stand it if she can Can you get that

straight?"

Adaht and so much else that by

the time he finished, Polly realized that both he and her mother

had left her in the house to try to SHIELD her; that if she had

told what she wanted in a straightforwardoutfit prepared and been married from her ho her mother to

shame before the community Polly was very much ashamed of

herself by the time Adam finished She could not find it in her

heart to blame Henry; she kneas no rievance against Mr and Mrs Peters

They were older and had had experience with the world; theydone

everything in their power to , all in the direction of her

inclinations

At heart Polly was big enough to ad at all what the result would be