"I went to buy baskets," said Daisy, concisely.
"What else did you get at market?"
"I didn't go to market, sir."
"She told me she did" said Mr. Gary, looking at her father.
"Did you buy anything else, Daisy?" said her father, carelessly.
"Papa," said Daisy, colouring, "Mr. McFarlane asked me, I thought, where we went to market, and I told him New York. I did not mean that I went myself."
"Didn't you get anything but baskets?" said Mr. McFarlane mischievously.
"Papa," said Daisy, making a brave push, "if I only spend what you give me for my birthday, don't you think it would be considerate in Mr. McFarlane not to ask me any more?" But this speech set the gentlemen to laughing.
"Daisy, you make me curious," said her father. "Do you think it would be inconsiderate in me to ask?"
"Papa, I think it would."