And then, of course, that's precisely what _I_ think."
"When is it?"
"To-morrow night."
"Mercy me! So soon! Well, I haven't anything on for to-morrow night;
but the next night Mr. Van Reypen is making a theatre party for me
that I wouldn't miss for anything."
"H'm! how LOVELY! Well, Princess, what say you to my humble plea?"
"What are your plans? How do I get there?"
"Why, thusly; my sister will invite you to her home, and
incidentally to the ball. She will also ask my cousin Marie and Mr.
Harper, who is not at all averse, it seems to me, to playing Marie's
little lamb!"
"Have you noticed that? So have I. Well, go on."
"Well, then, I thought it would be nice if we four should motor out
to Eastchester to-morrow afternoon, go straight to sister's, do up
the ball business and motor back the next day. There's the whole
case in a nutshell. Now pronounce my doom!"
"It seems to me just the nicest sort of a racket, and if your sister
invites me, I shall most certainly accept."
"Oh, bless you for ever! Princess Poppycheek. I shall telephone Lora
at once, and she will write you an invitation on her best
stationery, and she will also telephone you, and if you wish it she
will come and call on you.
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