You like Bill an awful lot, yourself."
"I do like him," said Daisy, frankly; "and I always have. He's a
splendid man, Patty, one of the biggest, best natures I know. Why,
at school we used to call him Giant Greatheart,--he was so
thoroughly noble and kind to everybody."
"Well, I'm sick of hearing his praises sung, so you'll please change
the subject."
Daisy was quite willing to do this, for she had no wish to annoy
Patty, and the girls chatted of other matters until Adele came along
and sent them both to bed.
The next day was Sunday, and Patty didn't come downstairs until time
for the midday dinner.
"I think you might have come down earlier," said Van Reypen,
reproachfully, as Patty came smilingly down the staircase. "I wanted
you to go for a walk this morning; it's simply great out in the
sunshine."
"I'll go after dinner," said Patty; "isn't it funny why people have
dinner at one o'clock, just because it's Sunday?"
"I'm glad of it. It'll give us the whole afternoon for our walk."
"Good gracious! if I walk the whole afternoon you'll have to bring
me home in a wheelbarrow!"
"We won't walk far enough for that. If you get tired, we'll sit on a
mossy mound in a bosky dell, or some such romantic spot.
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