"Would'st thou go forth to bless? be sure of thine own ground;
"Fix well thy centre first; then draw thy circle round."
I was silent, while mamma wept.
"I wish you would keep Dr. Sandford from coming here!" she said suddenly.
"I see his curricle at the gate now, mamma."
"Then I'll go. I don't want to see him. Do give him a dismissal, Daisy!"
Our only faithful kind friend; how could I? It was not possible that I should do such a thing.
"How is all here?" said the doctor, coming in.
I told him, as well as usual - or not quite. Mamma had not got accustomed to the change yet.
"And Daisy?"
"I like it."