37/48 She was to stand for the angel in the "Game of Life." Other people had no doubt about it. Mrs.Sandford was sure that the angel's wings would make a good representation, which Daisy was slow to believe; near by, they looked so very like gauze and pasteboard! They were arranged, at any rate, to appear as if they grew out of her shoulders; she was arrayed in flowing white draperies over her own little cambrick frock; and then she was ready. Hamilton came in. Daisy liked his appearance well. But when Preston followed him, she felt unspeakably shocked. |