She held it tight, and went in to dinner with it in her hand.
Daisy did not generally dine with her father and mother.

To-day was a great exception to the rule.

Even to-day she was not expected to eat anything till the dessert came on; she had had her dinner; so she had the more time for other things.

Her place was by her mother; Capt.
Drummond on the other side, and Gary McFarlane opposite.

Then her aunt, Mrs.Gary, had arrived, just an hour before dinner; and she and her children and one or two other friends filled the table, and the talking and laughing went round faster than the soup.