To
DEAREST MOTHER
FROM
DAISY ON HER BIRTHDAY
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCING THE FAMILY
"Sylvia Sylvia" cried a man's voice in the hall. "Where is that child?"
"Coming" answered the child for so she was always called by her Uncle Richard although in years she was close on 19.
And she turned to obey the summons, a deep flush mounted to her usually too pale cheeks, and lighted up her whole countenance.