CHAPTER VI
“NOT FOR SALE”
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Will your father be at home this evening?” Patricia inquired of Polly, as they left school together. The tone was eager.
“Not all the time. He is due at the hospital at seven o’clock, and we never know when he’ll be back. Why?”
Patricia wagged her head mysteriously. “Mamma and I were coming over. Mamma wants to see him.”
“Oh! is she sick?”
“Not a bit!” laughed Patricia. “She isn’t coming for that.”