CHAPTER VI.

A drooping daisy changed into a cup, In which her bright-eyed beauty is shut up. WORDSWORTH.

"So there you are up for the day--really you look very comfortable," said Ethel, coming into the room where Margaret lay on her bed, half-raised by pillows, supported by a wooden frame.

"Yes, is not it a charming contrivance of Richard's? It quite gives me the use of my hands," said Margaret.

"I think he is doing something else for you," said Ethel; "I heard him carpentering at six o'clock this morning, but I suppose it is to be a secret."

"And don't you admire her night-cap?" said Flora.

"Is it anything different?" said Ethel, peering closer. "Oh, I see--so she has a fine day night-cap. Is that your taste, Flora?"

"Partly," said Margaret, "and partly my own. I put in all these little white puffs, and I hope you think they do me credit. Wasn't it grand of me?"

"She only despises you for them," said Flora.

"I'm very glad you could," said Ethel, gravely; "but do you know? it is rather like that horrid old lady in some book, who had a paralytic stroke, and the first thing she did that showed she had come to her senses was to write, 'Rose-coloured curtains for the doctors.'"

"Well, it was for the doctor," said Margaret, "and it had its effect. He told me I looked much better when he found me trying it on."

"And did you really have the looking-glass and try it on?" cried Ethel.

Answer the following questions:
1. What time did Ethel hear someone woodworking?
2. What was Margaret doing in her room?
3. What was it held up by?
4. Was Margaret going to bed?
5. What did Margaret add to the night-cap?
6. Was she proud of herself for doing so?
7. Who had a stroke?
8. Where was she from?
9. What is the 1st thing she did when she came around?
10. What did the Dr. think of the night-cap?
11. Did she just show it to him?
12. What was she doing with it?
13. Did Ethel press her on this?
14. What did Margaret gain use of?
15. Who thought Richard was doing something else besides wordworking?

Numbered answers:
1. six o'clock this morning,
2. laying on her bed
3. by pillows, supported by a wooden frame.
4. unknown
5. little white puffs
6. yes
7. horrid old lady
8. in some book
9. write, 'Rose-coloured curtains for the doctors
10. He told her she looked much better
11. no
12. trying it on
13. yes
14. her hands
15. unknown