"So do you."
"What do you think makes the highest class, then?"
"You are going too deep, or too high, which is the same thing. All I mean is, that certain feet which fate has planted on lofty levels, ought not to come down from them."
"But it is good to know where we stand."
"Very," said Dr. Sandford, laughing. That is, in his way of laughing. It was never loud.
"I will tell you where I want to stand," I went on. "It is the highest level of all. The Lord Jesus said, 'Whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is MY BROTHER, and MY SISTER, and MOTHER.' I want to be one of those."
"But, Daisy," said Dr. Sandford, "the society of the world is not arranged on that principle."
I knew it very well. I said nothing.
"And you cannot, just yet, go out of the world."