And the next moment his hands came softly about Daisy and lifted her from the floor and placed her on his knee; and his arms were wrapped tenderly round her.

Daisy almost wished he had let her alone; it seemed to her that her sorrow was more than she could bear.
"Is your heart almost broken ?" said Mr.Randolph softly, as he felt rather than heard the heavy sobs so close to him.

But to speak was an impossibility, and so he knew, and did not repeat his question; only he held Daisy fast, and it was in his arms that she wept out the first overcharged fulness of her heart.

It was a long time before she could quiet those heavy sobs; and Mr.Randolph sat quite still holding her.
"Is your heart quite broken ?" he whispered again, when he judged that she could speak.

Daisy did not speak, however.