"
"I was reading them this morning."
"In what?"
"Why, in the Bible of course," said Daisy, with a little check
upon her manner.
"This morning! Before we started! How came you to be reading
the Bible so early in the morning?"
"I like to read it."
"Well, I'd take proper times for reading it," said Preston.
"Who set you to reading it at five o'clock in the morning?"
"Nobody. Oh, Preston, it was a great deal after five o'clock.
What are proper times for reading it?"
"Are you going to cut that lemon pie? — or shall I? Daisy, I
thought you were hungry. What is the use of jelly, if you
don't eat it? You'll never catch fish at that rate. Fishers
must eat."
"But, Preston, what do you mean by proper times for reading
the Bible?"
"Daisy, eat some lemon pie. It's capital. It melts in your
mouth. Joanna Underwood is an excellent woman!"
"But, Preston, what do you mean?"
"I don't mean you shall be religious, Daisy, if I can help
it."
"What do you mean by being religious?"
"I declare!" said Preston, laughing at her grave little face,
"I believe you've begun already. I am come in good time. I
won't let you be anything but just what you ought to be,
Daisy.
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