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"I can tell you one thing that'll surprise you, my dear" - Mrs. Bunting looked significantly at her step-daughter. She also wanted to get away from that dread news - which yet was no news.
"Yes?" said Daisy, rather defiantly. "What is it, Ellen?"
"Maybe you'll be surprised to hear that Joe did come in this morning. He knew all about that affair then, but he particular asked that you shouldn't be told anything about it."
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'Tain't a healthy thing to speak overmuch about such happenings," said Bunting heavily.
"If I was Joe," went on Mrs. Bunting, quickly pursuing her advantage, "I shouldn't want to talk about such horrid things when I comes in to have a quiet chat with friends. But the minute he comes in that poor young chap is set upon - mostly, I admit, by your father," she looked at her husband severely. "But you does your share, too, Daisy! You asks him this, you asks him that - he's fair puzzled sometimes. It don't do to be so inquisitive."
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