"I hope he'll like it,—but I don't know," the author doubted.
"He will," smiled Polly.
In a moment the package was ready.
"It is so good of you to do it!" Miss Twining looked very happy.
"I love to do such errands as this," laughed Polly. "I'll be in to-morrow to tell you about it."
CHAPTER XXIV
"HOPE DEFERRED"
"I didn't see the minister," Polly reported to Miss Twining. "He and his wife were both away. So I left the book with the maid and said that you sent it to Mr. Parcell—that was right, wasn't it?"
"Certainly, and I thank you ever so much. I do hope he won't think me presumptuous," she added.
"Why, how could he—such a beautiful book as yours?"