"
Adele ran away and Patty proceeded to don her royal robes.
The coronation gown was of white chiffon, having no decoration save
tiny bunches and garlands of flowers. It was not made in the
prevailing fashion, but copied from a quaint old picture and was
very becoming to its wearer.
Her golden curls were loosely massed and a few flowers adorned them.
Patty sat a moment in front of her mirror, talking to herself, as
she often did.
"Of course Little Billee is engaged," she said to herself; "he's too
nice a man not to be. And I hope his Kitty is a lovely, sweet,
charming girl. I don't think, as an engaged man, he had any business
to throw flowers in at my window, but I suppose that was because
we've always been good friends. I don't see how he could tear
himself away from the charming Kitty long enough to come East, but
he's always flying across the continent on his business trips."
Daisy came into Patty's room then, and the two girls went downstairs
together.
The guests had gathered for the garden party, and were dotted over
the lawns or grouped on the veranda.
"Thank goodness it's a warm day," said Patty, as they went down the
stairs. "Sometimes on May-day we have to go around in fur coats.
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