We left Rock Cottage by the garden gate. As we walked arm in arm down the path that led to the beach, I saw Miss O'Reilly stand on the door-step, and, shading her eyes with her hand, look after us, until the winding of the path concealed us from her sight.
CHAPTER V.
We went down to the beach. A deep line of shade still extended at the foot of the cliffs; the sky had not a cloud; the sea lay calm beneath; it looked one of Nature's happy days. I said so to Cornelius, adding, in the fulness of my joy, "How kind of Kate to tell you to take me!"
"Yes," he replied, wilfully misunderstanding me, "she always was a good sister."
"Now, Cornelius, you know very well she did it to please me."
He smiled without looking at me.
"One to please you, Daisy, and a great deal more to please me. You will ascertain it thus: state that D is to C in K's estimation, what 1 is to x in figures: then multiply by C (that's me) and divide by D (that's you), and you will know all about it."
"I don't want to multiply by you and to divide by myself, to know why
Kate told you to take me."
"She's as obstinate as the other one," said Cornelius, stopping short to look at me.
I replied, "Is she?" and we went on, until a promontory of steep rock barred our passage.