"Yes, I understand that. What do they do?"
"It isn't they, papa. It is only Alexander Fish—or at least it is he most."
"What does he do?"
"Papa—we are in a tableau together."
"Yes. You and he?"
"Yes, papa. And it is very disagreeable."
"Pray how, Daisy?" said Mr. Randolph, commanding his features with some difficulty. "What is the tableau?"
"Papa, you know the story of Priscilla?"
"I do not think I do. What Priscilla?"
"Priscilla and John Alden. It is in a book of engravings."