"In what way?"
"She only would not learn to read as fast as I wanted."
"You were the teacher?"
"Yes sir—I was trying—I wanted to teach her."
"And has her obduracy or stupidity caused all this sorrow and annoyance?"
"O no, sir—" But Daisy's eyes filled.
"Then has Mrs. Randolph been the trouble-maker?"
Now Daisy flushed, her lip worked tremblingly; she turned her little head to one side and laid her hand over her brow, to baffle those steady blue eyes of the doctor's. But the doctor left the side of the couch and took a step or two towards where Juanita was sitting.
"Mrs. Benoit," said he, "has this little patient of yours had her tea?"
"No, sir. His honour knows, it's early yet in the afternoon."