"What a
darling room this is!"
"Yes; this is one of my pet rooms. I always give it to my favourite
guests."
"I don't wonder," and Patty looked round admiringly at the dainty
draperies and pretty appointments of the chamber.
"Marie always has it when she's here; but, of course, she was glad
to give it up to you, and I put her in the blue room just across the
hall. Come now, powder your nose, we must run down to tea. Don't
change your frock."
Patty had worn a little silk house gown under her motor coat, so
after a brief adjustment of her tumbled curls she was ready to go
down.
The Perrys' was a modern house of an elaborate type. There were many
rooms, on varying levels, so that one was continually going up or
down a few broad steps. Often the rooms were separated only by
columns or by railings, which made the whole interior diversified
and picturesque.
"Such a gem of a house!" exclaimed Patty, as she entered the tea-
room. "So many cosy, snuggly places,--and so warm and balmy."
She dropped into a lot of silken cushions that were piled in the
corner of an inglenook, and placed her feet daintily on a footstool
in front of the blazing fire.
"Awful dinky!" said Kit, as he pushed aside some cushions and sat
down beside Patty, "but a jolly good house to visit in.
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