“Not go!  Daisy!  Does not her mother go?”

“Yes.”

“And not Daisy?  Why not Daisy?”

“She gives so much trouble—­” said the doctor.

“Trouble!—­I thought her parents were so fond of her.”

“Mr. Randolph is unequal to any agitation; and Mrs. Randolph regulates everything.”

“But wouldn’t it be good for Daisy?”

“I think so.”

“Poor child!  What will they do with her?”

“Send her to a Southern plantation, under care of a governess, as I understand.”

“It will half kill Daisy,” said Mrs. Sandford.

“It takes a great deal to kill people,” said the doctor.

“I do not know how to believe you,” said the lady.  “Is it all fixed and settled.  Grant?”

“They leave Melbourne next week.”

THE END.