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Whereupon Mufty , finding himself dropped upon the coldly unsympathetic ingrain carpet , desisted from further encouraging remarks . Polly was a schoolgirl still , though she was nearing the dignity of graduation . She had no special taste for study , but she cherished the Yankee reverence for education , and although it was not quite clear to her how Latin declensions and algebraic symbols were to help her in after-life , she committed them to memory with a very good grace , and enjoyed all the satisfaction of work for work 's sake . It happened , therefore , that the pursuit of learning interfered for several hours with the far more important object which she had at heart to-day ; and it was not until two o'clock that she found herself at liberty to do what every nerve and fibre of her young organism was straining to accomplish . -LSB- Illustration : `` Mufty hastily established himself across her shoulder . '' -RSB- `` I 'm not going right home , '' she said to Dan ; `` I 've got an errand to do . '' `` Polly 's got an idea , '' Dan said to himself , struck with the eagerness in her face , and the haste with which she walked away .