"You here, Daisy! What are you busy about?" he said, kindly.
"What are you studying now?"
"I am reading the History of England, Captain Drummond."
"How do you like it?"
"I have not got very far. I do not like it very much."
"Where are you?"
"I have just got to where it tells about Alfred."
"Why do you read it, Daisy? Is it a lesson?"
"No, Captain Drummond, but I think proper to read it."
"It is proper," said the Captain. "Come, Daisy, suppose we go down on the sand-beach to-morrow, and we will play out the Saxon Heptarchy there as we played out the Crimea. Shall we?"
Daisy's face changed. "Oh, thank you, Captain Drummond! that will be nice! Shall we?"