"Because—I remembered, just when I had got to the bottom of the hill, that mamma would not let me."
Daisy's tone of voice told more than she knew of her subdued state of disappointment.
"Mrs. Randolph had forbidden you to go to Molly's cottage?"
"No sir; but she had forbidden me to speak to anybody without having her leave. I had forgotten it till just that minute."
"Ask her leave, and then go. What is the difficulty in that, Daisy?"
"She will not give me leave, Dr. Sandford. Mamma does not like me to——do such things."
"Do you care much about it?"
"Yes, sir."
"Present your request to Mrs. Randolph to-morrow, Daisy—that is my advice to you."
"It would be no use, Dr. Sandford."