"Not for myself, papa. I want you to have a great table set out of doors somewhere, and give a feast to all your work people."
"Daisy!" exclaimed Mrs. Randolph. "I never heard anything so ridiculous in all my life!"
Daisy waited with downcast eyes for her father to speak. He was not in a hurry.
"Would that give you pleasure, Daisy?"
"Yes, papa."
"Did Nora Dinwiddie put that scheme in your head?" asked Mrs.
Randolph.
"She didn't like it at all, mamma. I put it into her head."
"Where did you get it?"
Daisy looked troubled and puzzled, and did not answer till her father said "Speak." Then, nestling up to him with her head on his breast, a favourite position, she said, "I got it from different sources, I think, papa."
"Let us hear, for instance."