"
"Does not hinder you from going on with study?"
"Oh no, never."
"You have a good deal of time for study at night, too, do you
not? — after the lights are out?"
"At night? how did you know that? But it is not always _study_."
"No. You consume also a good deal of beef and mutton, now-a-
days? you prefer substantials in food as in everything else?"
I looked at my guardian, very much surprised that he should
see all this in my face, and with a little of my childish
fascination about those steady blue eyes. I could not deny
that in these days I scarcely lived by eating. But in the
eagerness and pleasure of my pursuits I had not missed it, and
amid my many busy and anxious thoughts I had not cared about
it.
"That will do," said the doctor. "Daisy, have you heard lately
from your father or mother?"
My breath came short, as I said no.
"Nor have I. Failing orders from them, you are bound to
respect mine; and I order you change of air, and to go
wherever Mrs. Sandford proposes to take you.
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