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AN ACCIDENT.
At Mrs.Snow's request, Pollyanna went one day to Dr.Chilton's office to get the name of a medicine which Mrs.Snow had forgotten.

As it chanced, Pollyanna had never before seen the inside of Dr.Chilton's office.
"I've never been to your home before! This IS your home, isn't it ?" she said, looking interestedly about her.
The doctor smiled a little sadly.
"Yes--such as 'tis," he answered, as he wrote something on the pad of paper in his hand; "but it's a pretty poor apology for a home, Pollyanna.

They're just rooms, that's all--not a home." Pollyanna nodded her head wisely.

Her eyes glowed with sympathetic understanding.
"I know.