CHAPTER X
POLLYOOLY AND THE LUMP GO TO THE SEASIDE
The motor-bus which carried Pollyooly home crawled, to her impatient fancy, no faster than the old horse-bus, so eager was she to pour the news of her success into the ears of Millicent.
Millicent, however, after her first joy on hearing that the path which would ultimately lead her to the altar with an empire-builder was open to her, grew sad.
"It's a pity I couldn't stay on and on with you here," she said very plaintively. "I'm sure I shall never be so happy anywhere else."
"Oh, yes: you will," said Pollyooly firmly. "You'll find the home ever so nice."
Millicent shook her head doubtfully and said:
"And I shan't see anything of you and the Lump any more."
"Oh, yes: you will. You let us know when visiting day is—there's sure to be a visiting day to a home; and we'll come and see you."