18 DAISY

While she was speaking Robertson entered the
room. e was in_ better spirits than in the
morning. Wen his eye fell on Baisy, sitting
flushed with victory beside his plate, he smiled and
pinched her cheek as he sat down. BJuring the
progress of the meal he showed a certain amount
of attention to the scrap of humanity at his side;
and she, with no eyes for the other people» at
the table, hung on his looks, and with a more
practical interest in his welfare, watched every
morsel of food that went into his mouth. Once
she said impatiently to me, eV ou wed-haired man,
you—don’ t you see dat Welend: wants some vege-
tables? Pass some quick.”

inner over, all scattered about the house.
Baisy never retired earlier than any other per-

son, so | watched her curiously to see what ‘she :