Then she said very quietly, "Yes."
"You will!" he said. "I wish you would join my branch of the
service. Suppose you come into my company?"
"Suppose you join mine?"
"With all my heart!" said the Captain, laughing; "if it is not
inconsistent with my present duties. So you have enlisted
already? Are you authorised to receive recruits?"
Daisy shook her head, and did not join in his laugh.
"Honestly, Daisy, tell me true; what did you want to know
about soldiers for? I have answered you; now answer me. I am
curious."
Daisy did not answer, and seemed in doubt.
"Will you not honour me so far?"
Daisy hesitated still, and looked at the Captain more than
once. But Captain Drummond was a great favourite, and had
earned her favour partly by never talking nonsense to her; a
great distinction.
"I will tell you when we get back to the house," she said, —
"if you will not speak of it, Captain Drummond."
The Captain could get no nearer his point; and he and Daisy
spent a good while longer by the river-side, erecting
fortifications and studying the charge of the Light brigade.
CHAPTER VIII.
GEOGRAPHY.
The Captain was not able to claim Daisy's promise immediately.
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