Some nice bread and butter--Daisy had seen no sign of butter,--and some meat.

Molly needed a friend to look after her wants, and Daisy now had the freedom of the house and could do it; and joyfully she resolved that she would do it, so long as her own stay at Melbourne should be prolonged.

What if her getting home late should bring on a command that would put a stop to all this! But nobody was on the piazza or in the library when she got home.

Daisy went safely to her own room.

There was June all ready to dress her; and making good speed, that business was finished and Daisy ready to go down to the dinner-table at the usual time..