CHAPTER XXV.
DAISY'S PROMISE.
Mr.Danesfield always forwarded the girls' allowance in such a way that Primrose could easily obtain it--he did not trouble her with cheques or bank notes, but sent a money-order, which she could cash at the nearest post-office.
The three went out gleefully that day, and obtained their much needed money--then Primrose bought a new pair of boots for Daisy, and allowed Jasmine to spend sixpence on scribbling paper.

Having obtained this delightful possession, Jasmine determined to begin her great work of fiction without a moment's delay; she felt that she had listened quite long enough to Miss Egerton's gentle warnings--that she had been discouraged sufficiently, and that what she had really to do was to prove the stuff which was in her, and to take the world by storm.

She hesitated a little as to whether her great work was to appear before the world in the form of a novel or a poem.

She thought that to produce a second "Evangeline" would be a matter of but slight difficulty, but on the whole she was inclined to give the world her experience in the fiery and untrammelled words of prose.
"My theme burns within me," she said to herself.

"I won't be kept back by metres or rhymes, or numbers of feet, or any of those tiresome rules which Miss Egerton tries to instil into me.