have you been to that old castle? asked daisy,pointing with her parasol at the casteau de chillon.
yes,several times, replied winterbourne. have you been there too?
no, i haven't. i do want to visit it. i can't leave vevey without seeing that old castle.
it's lovely place,"said winterbourne. "and it's easy to get there. there's a boat which takes visitors across the lake."
"yes,we wanted to go?" asked winterbourne.
"he says that he doesn't really like old castles," she replied."he wants to stay at the hotel. mother doesn't want him to stay there alone,and our guide won't stay with him. so we haven't visited many places in vevey. but we really must go there," she said, looking at the chateau again.
"couldn't you ask someone to stay with randolph one afternoon?" said winterbourne.
daisy looked at him. "i wish that you would stay with him!" she said winterbourne was quiet for a moment. then he suddenly said, "i' d prefer to go to chillon with you."
"with me?" repeated daisy, calmly.
winterbourne knew that he had been very bold. if he had made a suggestion like this to any other young girl, she would have been shocked. miss miller seemed very calm, but he was not sure if she was offended. so he said, very politely, "your mother must come too, of course."