"That is very rude of him, Daisy," he said.
"Papa," said Daisy, who did not relish the subject, and chose a departure, "what is a Puritan?"
"A Puritan!"
"Yes, papa. What is it? Priscilla was a Puritan."
"That was a name given to a class of people in England a long time ago."
"What did it mean?"
"They were a stiff set of people, Daisy; good enough people in their way, no doubt, but very absurd in it also."
"What did they do, papa?"
"Concluded to do without whatever is graceful and beautiful and pleasant, in dress or arts or manners. The more disagreeable they made life, they thought it was the better."
"Why were they called that name? Were they purer than other people?"