Daisy came in then, and took her place at the table, making a very sorry pretence at eating, and only speaking in monosyllables till her mother pressed her.
“Did Mrs Glaire send you home with anybody?”
“No, mother.”
“Did you come home alone?”
“No, mother.”
“Humph: who came with you?”
“Tom, mother.”
Mrs Banks looked mollified, and Joe surprised.
“Has Miss Eve been playing to you, to-night?”
“No, mother.”