Daisy looked and listened, very much pleased to see her aunt and cousins, and amused; though as usual in her quiet fashion she gave no sign of it.
"How did that party come off, Daisy ?" said Mr.Gary McFarlane.
"What party ?" said Mrs.Gary.
"Daisy's birthday entertainment." "Daisy invited all the gardeners and hay-makers to take supper and strawberries with her, Aunt Gary," said Ransom.
"What is that ?" said Mrs.Gary, looking to her sister.
"Ransom has stated the matter correctly." "Gardeners and hay-makers! What was that for, Daisy ?" "I thought it would give them pleasure, aunt Gary,--" said Daisy.
"Give _them_ pleasure! of course, I suppose it would; but are we to give everybody pleasure that we can?
At that rate, why not invite our footmen and chambermaids too?
Why stop ?" "I suppose that will be the next thing," said Mrs.Randolph.

"Daisy, you must not eat that cheese." "What's Daisy's notion ?" said Mrs.Gary, appealing to her brother-in-law.
"A child's notion," said Mr.Randolph.

"The worst you can say of it is, that it is Arcadian." "How did it go off, Daisy ?" said Gary McFarlane.
"I don't know," said Daisy.

"I think it went off pretty well." "How did the hob-nails behave themselves ?" "They had lots of things to eat," said Ransom.

"I don't believe we shall have any strawberries for a day or two ourselves." "Did you give them strawberries ?" said Mrs.Gary.
"A tableful," said Ransom; "and baskets and baskets to take home." "Something new,--" said Mrs.Gary, eating her salad.
"But how did the company behave ?" said Mr.McFarlane.
"I saw no behaviour that was not proper," Daisy answered gravely.