"Have you had a pleasant day?"
"Papa, I have had a great many pleasant things," said Daisy,
eagerly. Her voice had changed and a glad tone had come into
it.
"Dr. Sandford took proper care of you?"
"Papa, he is _very_ good!' said Daisy, strongly.
"I rather think he thinks you are."
"He is nice, papa."
"Nice —" said Mr. Randolph. "He is pretty well. But now,
Daisy, what do you think of going to bed and to sleep?"
"Yes, papa."
"And to-morrow, if you have got into any difficulty, you may
come to me and talk about it."
Daisy returned a very earnest caress to her father's good-
night kiss, and afterwards had no difficulty in doing as he
had said. And so ended the day on Silver Lake.
CHAPTER XXVII.
RANSOM AND FIDO.
Daisy reflected the next morning as to what was her right
course with respect to the action that had troubled her mother
so much. Ought she to do it? In the abstract it was right to
do it; but ought _she_ in these circumstances? And how much of a
Christian's ordinary duty might she be required to forego? and
where must the stand be made? Daisy did not know; she had
rather the mind of a soldier, and was much inclined to obey
her orders, as such, come what might.
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