"Oh, Gyp, you were nice to do that for me! Thank you, so much!" she
said.
He hardly knew what to reply, but muttering something about being "no
bother at all," he ran around to the other side of the school-house
that she might not see his confusion. One thought filled his mind. He
would go to school! Yes, he would go to school every day, so that
morning and afternoon he might be where he could see her, and do any
little favor, or offer any aid, that she might need.
Another thought soon followed. He would _work_ at his studies. He would
not be at the foot of the class.
He must work for promotion! He must catch up with pupils of his own
age, for then he would be nearer Princess Polly, and thus able to do
any little favor, or any slight service that might please her.
CHAPTER V
A BREATH OF THE SEA
It was with Polly and Rose that Sprite was happiest. She liked Lena
and Leslie, and all the others.
The boys were her trusted friends, and she looked forward to a gay
winter with these new friends. One sunny morning Uncle John Atherton,
with Rose in the motor beside him, drove over to Sherwood Hall to call
for Polly and Sprite.
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