here if I hadn't got in! And the doctor will be right up just as
soon as possible with the men and things. He said he knew just
where you were, so I didn't stay to show him. I wanted to be with
you."

"Did you?" smiled the man, grimly. "Well, I can't say I admire
your taste. I should think you might find pleasanter companions."

"Do you mean--because you're so--cross?"

"Thanks for your frankness. Yes."

Pollyanna laughed softly.

"But you're only cross OUTSIDE--You arn't cross inside a bit!"

"Indeed! How do you know that?" asked the man, trying to change
the position of his head without moving the rest of his body.

"Oh, lots of ways; there--like that--the way you act with the
dog," she added, pointing to the long, slender hand that rested
on the dog's sleek head near him. "It's funny how dogs and cats
know the insides of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?
Say, I'm going to hold your head," she finished abruptly.

The man winced several times and groaned once; softly while the
change was being made; but in the end he found Pollyanna's lap a
very welcome substitute for the rocky hollow in which his head
had lain before.