"As you please!" said the lady, in a very dissatisfied way; "but I think it is only what all boys do."
"Felicia, I wish to reverse your decision about this day's pleasure. Seeing Daisy has had her lesson, do you not think she might be indulged with the play after it?"
"As you please!" returned the lady, very dryly.
"Do you want to go, Daisy?"
"If you please, papa." Daisy spoke without showing her face.
"Is Mr. Dinwiddie at Mrs. Sandford's?" inquired Mrs. Randolph.
"Oh, no, mamma!" Daisy looked up. "He is not coming. He is gone a great way off. I do not suppose he is ever coming here again; and Nora is going away soon."
Mrs. Randolph moved off.
"Felicia " said her husband. The lady paused. "I intend that Ransom shall have a lesson, too. I shall take away the remaining week of his vacation. To-morrow he goes back to school. I tell you, that you may give the necessary orders."
"For this boy's freak, Mr. Randolph?"