The fields looked more gay in that clear early light, and the dust was kept down by the freshness in the air.

It was delightful; and Loupe never went better.

Daisy was a very good little driver, and now the pony seemed to understand the feeling in her fingers and waddled along at a goodly rate.
Crum Elbow was not a great many miles off, and in due time they reached it.

But Daisy found that other people kept earlier hours than her father and mother at Melbourne.

She saw the farmers were getting to work as she went on; and in the houses of the village there were signs that everybody was fully astir to the business of the day.