36/41 You would enjoy the view from the terrace, sheer into the gorge, and away across the purple hills. And I think you would like the pine woods and the moor. I say, Miss Champion, why should not _I_ get up a 'best party' in September, and implore the duchess to come and chaperon it? And--and, perhaps--we might ask--the beautiful 'Stars and Stripes,' and her aunt, Mrs.Parker Bangs of Chicago; and then we should see what Margery thought of her!" "Delightful!" said Jane. |