"What did you try?"
"The first thing was to get her to know me and like me, you know, papa; because she is rather cross and does not like people generally, I believe."
"So you went to see her?"
"I have never spoken much to her, papa. But I went inside of her gate one day, and saw her trying to take care of some poor flowers; so then I thought, maybe, if I took her a nice little rose-bush, she might like it."
"And then like you? Well—you tried the experiment?"
"No, papa. I did get a rose-bush from Logan and he told me how to plant it; and I was on my way to the cottage and had almost got there; and then I recollected mamma had said I must not speak to anybody without her leave."
"So you came home?"
"Yes, papa. No, papa, I went to ride with Dr. Sandford."
"Have you asked leave of your mother?"
"No, papa,"—said Daisy, in a tone of voice which sufficiently expressed that she did not intend it.