CHILTON! How do you know--that ?" "He told me so.

'Twas when he said he lived in just rooms, you know--not a home." Miss Polly did not answer.

Her eyes were out the window.
"So I asked him why he didn't get 'em .-- a woman's hand and heart, and have a home." "Pollyanna!" Miss Polly had turned sharply.

Her cheeks showed a sudden color.
"Well, I did.

He looked so--so sorrowful." "What did he--say ?" Miss Polly asked the question as if in spite of some force within her that was urging her not to ask it.
"He didn't say anything for a minute; then he said very low that you couldn't always get 'em for the asking." There was a brief silence.