Dove.
"I'm very glad I took the Prince's advice," she said to herself. "I'm
much, much happier since I came to the Palace Beautiful, and I don't
think Mr. Dove minds much, for he has never answered my letter. Oh
dear! perhaps I was too much afraid of Mr. Dove. I am so glad the
Prince explained to me about being a selfish little girl. And, oh dear!
there is the Prince!"
Arthur Noel often came to see Daisy. He came in the evenings at an
hour when the elder girls were often away, and then Daisy sat on his
knee, and chatted to him volubly.
This afternoon she told him about both her sisters.
"Is having a bent the same as destiny, Mr. Noel?" she inquired
anxiously. "Jasmine says she has a bent, and she must follow it, and
no one can prevent her."
"The bent can be guided, Daisy," said Arthur; but he looked puzzled
and seemed uncomfortable at the little girl's news. The Ellsworthy's
had begged of Noel to promote the interests of these girls. He was
only too anxious to do so, but he found his task by no means an easy
one. What wild imprudence would poor little Jasmine commit if she was
not aided and helped; surely Primrose's work was too uncongenial for
her long to continue it.
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