They had spent all their energies on the girls' appearance and they were very proud of the result.
Reginald, who was of an ingenious turn of mind, had contrived an affair which was supposed to look like a Roman chariot, and which was, therefore, a bit incongruous on runners.
It was very fancy, being almost entirely covered with gilt paper, and it had two wheels and no back.

It jolted fearfully, and Reginald was occasionally thrown out.

However, he stuck to it pluckily, until his machine was a total wreck, when he abandoned it, and jumped into his father's sleigh for the rest of the parade.
Patty enjoyed it all hugely.

It was such a novel experience to fly along, through the crisp cold air, and over the shining snow roads; and Ethelyn was in such jubilant good-humor, that the whole affair marked a red letter day in the winter calendar.
The "White Flyer" was the talk of the town for weeks after, and Mr.St.
Clair never tired of telling any one who would listen, how much it all cost, and how difficult it was to get the white sleigh and harness on such short notice.
Patty grew very tired of this pompous boasting, and, notwithstanding her enjoyment of the luxury at Villa Rosa, she was not altogether sorry when the time drew near for her to go away to Boston to make her next visit.
She was to leave the St.Clairs about the first of March, and spend the next three months with her father's sister, Mrs.Fleming.
As Uncle Robert was her mother's brother, the two families were entirely unacquainted, and the St.Clairs could tell Patty nothing about the new home to which she was going.
"But," said her Aunt Isabel, "I feel sure you won't like them as well as you like us.

Are they rich, Patricia ?" "I don't know," answered Patty; "papa never said anything about that.