And he made no observation upon it when it was finished; he only asked her, "Was there no resentment in your refusal of thanks to your aunt just now ?" "No, papa"-- said Daisy; with too sweet and artless utterance for him to doubt her.
"But then, Daisy, we come back to the cause of your mother's displeasure.

Good breeding requires that people should not be rude, even by silence." "Papa, I did not know how to be polite with truth." "You could have said you were very much obliged to your aunt." "But, I was _not_, papa." "Not obliged to her ?" "No, sir." "But, Daisy, that is a civil form, of expression which it is usual to avail oneself of upon such occasions.

It does not necessarily mean much." "But, papa, would she not have thought I meant it, if I had said so ?" "Very likely.

That is the polite advantage gained." "But papa.

_I_ should have known that I did not mean it; and it would not have been true." "This is getting to be too deep a question for you to discuss to-night--it is time for you to go to bed.