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"Miss Randolph has a philosophy," the doctor went on, still

watching me, - "which is not common to the world, and which I

have hitherto in vain endeavoured to fathom I have always

fancied that I should be happier if I could find it out"

"Did I never tell you what it was, Dr Sandford?"

"Never - intelligibly You will excuse me I do not mean to

accuse you, buthim "My philosophy,

as you call it It is only, to live for the other world

instead of this"

"Why not live for this world, while you are in it, Daisy?"

"I a!" said the doctor - seriously "And do you

not think that people are meant to enjoy this world, while

they have it?"

"Yes, when they can," I answered; re vividly that

enjoyment is not always the rule "But I enjoy the world

better than you do, Dr Sandford; because, living for the

other, I take the good of both And if this fails at any time,

the other - cannot"

Dr Sandford's blue eye went as deep into mine, and into me, I