"
"I was reading them this morning."
"In what?"
"Why, in the Bible of course," said Daisy, with a little check upon her
manner.
"This morning! Before we started! How came you to be reading the Bible
so early in the morning?"
"I like to read it."
"Well, I'd take proper times for reading it," said Preston. "Who set you
to reading it at five o'clock in the morning?"
"Nobody. O Preston, it was a great deal after five o'clock. What are
proper times for reading it?"
"Are you going to cut that lemon pie?--or shall I? Daisy, I thought you
were hungry. What is the use of jelly, if you don't eat it? You'll never
catch fish at that rate. Fishers must eat."
"But Preston, what do you mean by proper times for reading the Bible?"
"Daisy, eat some lemon pie. It's capital. It melts in your mouth. Joanna
Underwood is an excellent woman!"
"But Preston, what do you mean?"
"I don't mean you shall be religious Daisy, if I can help it."
"What do you mean by being religious?"
"I declare!" said Preston, laughing at her grave little face, "I believe
you've begun already.
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