CHAPTER II
LEONORA’S WONDERFUL NEWS
“
Polly!”
Dr. Dudley waited at the foot of the short staircase. He had just come in from an early morning visit to a hospital patient.
“Yes, father,” floated down to him, followed by a scurry of light feet in the corridor overhead.
Directly Polly appeared at the top of the flight, one side of her hair in soft, smooth curls, the other a mass of fluffy waves.
“Leonora sent word for you to come over ‘just as soon as you possibly can,’” smiled the Doctor. “She has something to tell you.”