"Dr. Sandford did not show remarkable care in that."
"He thought so, mamma, for he found me not well, and took me away immediately from school, without waiting for the term to close. Mrs. Sandford and he, were going to West Point - and so -"
"West Point did you good?"
"I grew well there."
"Your aunt tells me, your voice is very uncommon, Daisy. Is she right in that?"
"Mamma - you can judge better than I. It is not so easy for me to judge how it sounds."
"You know how it sounds to you."
"Yes, but then I am thinking of the music. I cannot tell, mamma, how it sounds to other people."
"Well, we shall be able to judge by and by," my mother said, in a satisfied tone. "Your speaking voice is as calm and sweet as I ever heard."
"Calm? mamma," I said, laughing.