"You must remain here until I come again," said the doctor; "and now I
will send some of the rest of the family to you."
The first one that came was her father. He sat down by the sofa, and was
so tenderly glad to have her there again, that Daisy's little heart
leaped for joy. She put her hand in his, and lay looking into his face.
"Papa, it is nice," she said.
"What?"
"O to be here, and with you again."
Mr. Randolph put his lips down to Daisy's, and kissed them a good many
times.
"Do you know we are going to Silver Lake with you as soon as you are
strong enough?"
"O yes, papa! Dr. Sandford says he can manage it. But I don't know
when."
"In a week or two more."
"Papa, who is going?"
"Everybody, I suppose."
"But I mean, is anybody to be invited?"
"I think we must ask Dr. Sandford."
"O yes, papa! I wish he would go. But is anybody else to be asked?"
"I do not know, Daisy. Whom would you like to have invited?"
"Papa, I would like _very_ much to have Nora Dinwiddie. She has come
back."
"Well, tell your mother so."
Daisy was silent a little; then she began on a new theme.
"Papa, what is a 'vocation'?"
"What is _what_, Daisy?"
"Vocation, papa."
"Where did you get that word?"
"I found it in a book."
"It means commonly a person's business or employment."
"Only that, papa?"
"There is another sense in which it is used, but you would hardly
understand it."
"Please tell me, papa."
"Why?"
"Papa, I like to know the meanings of things.
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