"Ransom has stated the matter correctly."
"Gardeners and haymakers! What was that for, Daisy?"
"I thought it would give them pleasure, aunt Gary, " said
Daisy.
"Give them pleasure! of course, I suppose it would; but are we to give everybody pleasure that we can? At that rate, why not invite our footmen and chambermaids too? Why stop?"
"I suppose that will be the next thing," said Mrs. Randolph.
"Daisy, you must not eat that cheese."
"What's Daisy's notion?" said Mrs. Gary, appealing to her brother-in-law.
"A child's notion," said Mr. Randolph. "The worst you can say of it is, that it is Arcadian."
"How did it go off, Daisy?" said Gary McFarlane.
"I don't know," said Daisy. "I think it went off pretty well."
"How did the hob-nails behave themselves?"