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'"They are not worth your having, Miss", he says, quietly', 1879. 'And now I must go, but I should like to come again, please. Good-bye, little Tom.' As she passes out, she looks at the straggling fuchsias, and the daisies, and the mari-golds, in the neglected border. Suddenly she stops. 'May I have a few of those daisies?' she asks. Milly has heaps of flowers at home, but yet something in her little heart impels her to ask for these poor shabby little daisies. Michael gathers a bunch of them. 'They are not worth your having. Miss,' he says quietly, as he gives them to her, but there is a sudden glow in his face. 'Oh, indeed they are !' says Milly, taking them, 'and I will put them in my china cup at home. Good-bye, Michael.' Then she looks up into his face with the pretty pleading look that is natural to her, and adds, 'I'm so sorry you're unhappy; but do, please, ask Jesus to give you comfort.' She runs lightly up the little path, and is out of sight. Page 10 of "What the Swallows told me", 1879. [London, England]