"Come here, Daisy. What are you about?" he said, drawing her up in his arms.
"Nothing, papa."
"How do you like doing nothing?"
"Papa, I think it is not at all agreeable."
"You do! So I supposed. What were you about yesterday afternoon?"
"I went to ride with Dr. Sandford."
"Did that occupy the whole afternoon?"
"Oh, no, papa."
"Were you doing nothing the rest of the time?"
"No sir, not nothing."