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The next day after luncheon, Daisy followed her father when he left the table. She followed till they were got quite away from other ears. "Papa, I would like to go to Mrs. Harbonner's again. You said I must not go without leave." "Who is Mrs. Harbonner?" "Papa, it is the place where I took the ham, do you remember? Joanna has enquired about her, and found that she is respectable."
"The boy who is taking care of the horses." "I declare, have you got that little covered shay there again? it's complete! I never see a thing so pretty! And Hephzibah says you drive that little critter yourself. Ain't you afraid?" "Not at all," said Daisy. "The pony won't do any harm." "He looks skeery," said Mrs. Harbonner. "I wouldn't trust him. What a tremendous thick mane he's got!
He took a little gold piece out of his pocket, and quietly slipped it into Daisy's hand. "Papa! what is this for?" "For your poor woman, if you like. You can send it to her by Sam." "Oh, thank you, papa! But, papa, she won't take it so she will not take the least thing without working to pay for it." "How do you know?" "She told me so, papa." "Who told you so?" "The poor woman Mrs. Harbonner."
Harbonner was so sharp and queer, though not unkindly towards herself, that Daisy was at a loss how to go on; and moreover, a big thought began to turn about in her head. "Poverty ain't no shame, but it's an inconvenience," said Mrs. Harbonner. "Hephzibah may stay to home and be stupid, when she's as much right to be smart as anybody.
Randolph moved away. The next day, after luncheon, Daisy followed her father when he left the table. She followed till they were got quite away from other ears. "Papa, I would like to go to Mrs. Harbonner's again. You said I must not go without leave." "Who is Mrs. Harbonner?" "Papa, it is the place where I took the ham, do you remember?
Harbonner and she had parted on excellent terms and the gleam in that poor child's eyes! Daisy was so full of her thoughts that she never perceived two gentlemen standing at the foot of the hall steps to receive her. Not till Loupe in his best style had trotted up the road and stopped, and she had risen to throw down her reins. Then Daisy started a little.
If I was living in a great house, now, I'd have folks enough come to see me." Daisy did not know what answer to make to this, so she made none. "I used to live in a better house once," went on Mrs. Harbonner; "I didn't always use to eat over a bare floor. I was well enough, if I could ha' let well alone; but I made a mistake, and paid for it; and what's more, I'm paying for it yet.
"I suppose you're going to tell me you haven't got no work for me to do, and I must owe you for that ham?" "I have got something for you to do," said Daisy. "The boy has got it at the gate. The housekeeper found some clothes to make and you said that was your work." "Tailoring," said Mrs. Harbonner.
The business of giving Daisy some fruit was the next thing attended to; in the course of eating which Daisy marvelled a little to herself what possible likeness to a toad Mrs. Harbonner could have discovered in her. The comparison did not seem flattering; also she pondered somewhat why it could be that anybody found her queer. She said nothing about it; though she gave Mrs.
"I would teach her to read," said Daisy, colouring a little; "and anything else I could." "La, she can read," said Mrs. Harbonner, "but she don't know nothing, for all that. Readin' don't tell a person much, without he has books. I wonder how long it would hold out, if you begun? 'Taint no use to begin a thing and then not go on." "But could she get to Melbourne?" said Daisy. "I don't know.
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