You can't know
that from a voice, now, can you?"
"No," said Patty, decidedly, "you CAN'T!"
"Well, then, a week or two went by, and I told Elise about this, but
somehow I couldn't manage to get them together. Every time Elise
came to our house, Kit would be away somewhere. But a few days ago I
did manage to have them meet."
"Did you?" exclaimed Patty; "for gracious sake, WHAT happened?"
Marie looked a little surprised at Patty's excited interest, but she
went on: "Oh, it was AWFULLY funny. Elise looked lovely that day.
She had just come in from skating, and her cheeks were red and her
eyes sparkled, and her furs were SO becoming! I introduced Kit, and
I could see he admired her immensely. There were several people
there, so I left these two together. They were getting on famously,
when Kit said to her, 'Are you still a Captive Princess?'
"I didn't know what he meant, and Elise didn't either, for she
looked perfectly blank, and asked him why he said that. And Kit told
her she knew well enough why he said it, and Elise thought he must
be crazy. However, they got along all right until Kit asked me to
get Elise to sing. Now, you know Elise doesn't sing much; she has a
nice little contralto voice, but she never sings for people.
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