Melbourne House, Volume 2 by Susan Warner
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more meadows with cattle.
"Do you ride comfortably, Daisy?" her father asked, bending over to her. "Yes, papa. It is so nice!" Mr. Randolph gave up care about Daisy, and the two gentlemen fell into a conversation which did not regard her, and lasted till the carriage stopped at the door of Melbourne House. And there was her mother, and there were Preston and his mother and sister, and Gary McFarlane, who had been away and come back again, all waiting to welcome her; besides some other guests who were now at Melbourne. Mr. Randolph, got out of the carriage first. Dr. Sandford followed him; but then without giving place to anybody else, he himself took Daisy carefully off the seat where she lay, lifted her out in his arms, and carried her into the house. All the others trooped around and after him, through the hall and into the drawing room, where the doctor laid his little charge on the sofa and put the pillows behind her so that she could sit up comfortably. Then he stood back and let the others come to her. Mrs. Randolph gave her some very contented kisses; so did Mr. Randolph. Very glad and tender his were, at having his little daughter back there again. "We are very much pleased to see you here, Daisy," her aunt said. "Poor Daisy," said Eloïse. "Glad to come back to life and the world again, Daisy?" said Preston, standing at the back of her sofa and drumming on it. |
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