Till the doctor said, suddenly looking round at her with a smile, "Now I should like to know the history of that rose bush." "O, there is no history about it," said Daisy, quite taken by surprise.
"Everything has a beginning, a middle, and an end," said the doctor.
"What was the beginning of this ?" "Only, Dr.Sandford," said Daisy doubtfully,--"I was sorry for that poor woman, after what you told me about her." "Molly Skelton ?" "Yes, sir." "And you thought to comfort her with rose bushes ?" "No sir,--but--I wanted to get on good terms with her." "Are you on any other terms ?" "She does not know me, you know, sir," said Daisy lifting to her friend a face that was beyond his comprehension,--"and I do not think she was very well pleased to see me in her garden a little while ago." "You have been in her garden, then ?" "Yes, sir." "Daisy, will you excuse me for asking, why you should be on any terms whatever with Molly Skelton ?" "She is so unhappy, Dr.Sandford,"-- Daisy said, looking up again.
"And do you think you can do anything to make her less unhappy ?" "I thought"-- Daisy did not look up now, but the doctor watching her saw a witnessing tinge that he knew coming about her eyelids, and a softened line of lip, that made him listen the closer,--"I thought--I might teach her something that would make her happy,--if I could." "What would you teach her, Daisy ?" "I would teach her to read--perhaps--I thought; if she would like me and let me." "Is reading a specific for happiness ?" "No sir--but--the Bible!" Daisy said with a sudden glance.

And so clear and sure the speech of her childish eye was, that the doctor though believing nothing of it would not breathe a question of that which she believed.
"O that is it!" he said.

"Well, Daisy, this is the beginning; but though I came in upon the middle of the subject I do not understand it yet.

Why did not the rose tree get to its destination ?" "Because--I remembered, just when I had got to the bottom of the hill, that mamma would not let me." Daisy's tone of voice told more than she knew of her subdued state of disappointment.
"Mrs.Randolph had forbidden you to go to Molly's cottage ?" "No sir; but she had forbidden me to speak to anybody without having her leave.

I had forgotten it till just that minute." "Ask her leave, and then go.