CHAPTER I
THE ROSEWOOD BOX
The telephone bell cut sharp into Polly’s story.
She was recounting one of the merry hours that Mrs. Jocelyn had given to her and Leonora, while Dr. Dudley and his wife were taking their wedding journey. Still dimpling with laughter, she ran across to the instrument; but as she turned back from the message her face was troubled.
“Father says I am to come right over to the hospital,” she told her...
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