And so it came about, that on the first of April preparations were
going blithely forward in the Homer apartment, for Bee's elaborate
luncheon.
It was all true, exactly as Patty had figured it out; and Kit and
Beatrice had planned what they considered a first-class and entirely
permissible practical joke.
They knew that Mrs. Homer would make elaborate preparations for the
luncheon, but they agreed that there would be no other harm done.
And to them, the fun of seeing the perplexity of Marie and her
mother at the non-appearance of their guests, was sufficient reason
for their scheme. Moreover, they fell back on the time-honoured
tradition that any joke was justifiable on April Fools' Day.
In addition to all this, Beatrice did not want to attend the
luncheon party, and as by chance it had been left to her to seal up
and address the invitations that Marie had written, and as Kit came
in while she was doing it, their fertile brains had discovered that,
as the dates fell on the same day of the week, the first could
easily be changed to the eighth! And the two sinners chuckled with
glee over the fact that another luncheon would have to be prepared
the week following.
As it neared one o'clock on the first of April, Kit strolled into
the Homers' apartment.
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