"Whatever you choose, to show your sense of your aunt's kindness."
"Do not concern yourself, my dear," said her sister. "I am sorry if I have failed in meeting Daisy's taste that is all."
"Daisy, speak, or leave the room" said Mrs. Randolph.
"Mamma," said Daisy, pushed into a corner, "I would speak, but
I do not know what to say."
"Tell your aunt Gary she has given you a great deal of pleasure."
Daisy looked again mutely at her mother, somewhat distressed.
"Tell her so, Daisy!" Mrs. Randolph repeated, in a tone of command.
"I cannot, mamma " the child answered, sorrowfully.
"Do you mean to tell your aunt that her exquisite present gives you no pleasure?"
"I did not intend to tell her so," Daisy answered, in a low voice. Another storm rising! Storms seemed to get up very easily in these days.