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I shall depend on you . Yours ever , FAN . `` Bad news , my dear ? '' asked Miss Mills , who had just handed the note to Polly as she came in one noon , a few weeks after Jenny 's arrival . Polly told her what it was , adding , `` I suppose I ought to go and help Fanny , but I ca n't say I want to . The girls talk about things I have nothing to do with , and I do n't find their gossip very amusing . I 'm an outsider , and they only accept me on Fan 's account ; so I sit in a corner and sew , while they chatter and laugh . ''