"First let me understand," said her father; and he lifted Daisy on his knee kindly. "Daisy, I never saw you uncivil before."
"Papa, I am very sorry—" said the child.
"Can you explain it?"
"Papa, I would have been civil if I could; but I had nothing to say."
"That is the very place where a person of good manners shews himself different from a person who has no manners at all. Good manners finds something to say."
"But, papa, there was nothing true."
"The doll gave you no pleasure?"
"No, papa," said Daisy low.
"And you felt no obligation for the thoughtfulness and kindness of your aunt in getting for you so elegant a present?"
Daisy hesitated and flushed.