An Old-Fashioned Girl - Chapter 13

"I'VE won the wager ¹, Tom.", ,"Did n't know there was one.", ,"Don't you remember you said Polly would be tired of her teaching and give it up in three months, and I said she would n't?", , ,"Not a bit of it. I thought she was at one time, and expected every day to have her come in with a long face, and say she could n't stand it. But somehow, lately, she is always bright and happy, seems to like her work, and don't have the tired, worried look she used to at first. The three months are out, so pay up, Tommy.", ,"All right, what will you have?", ,I made a wager that our team would win.我打赌我们的队会赢
。,an uncommonly gifted child 一个天赋异禀的儿童