Years later, she received a letter from a friend of her brother-in-law, who was a priest, informing her that her sister and brother-in-law had died shortly after each other and asking if she could shelter Pollyanna, who was left alone.
This attic, which Nancy was trying to clean, was being prepared for little Pollyanna.
Miss Polly had thought of keeping the little girl as far away from herself as possible.
She was a selfish woman who thought of no one but herself and did not protect anyone.