"Only very well."
"No more, mamma."
"Very well, is a good deal," said mamma coolly. "Which of them must I like a little more than very well, Daisy?"
"Mamma? -"
"Whoever owns and possesses you, I should wish to like very much. Which is it to be, Daisy?"
"Neither of these gentlemen, mamma."
"Did De Saussure propose to you yesterday?"
"Yes."
"What did you say to him?"
"I made him understand that he was nothing to me."