Cousin Patty must set the table all nice for the pretty ladies." "Goose!" was the only comment Marian vouchsafed as she walked away.
Then Patty, with the assistance of Pansy Potts, proceeded to lay the table.

Elaborate decoration was her keynote and she kept well in tune.
Along the centre of the table over the damask cloth, she spread a rich lace "runner" and over this, crossed bands of wide, pink, satin ribbon ran the entire diagonal length of the table.

In the centre was a large cut-glass bowl of pink roses, and at each corner slender vases of a single rose in each.

Also single roses with long stems and leaves were laid at intervals on the cloth.

Asparagus fern was lavishly used, and pink-shaded candles in silver candlesticks adorned the table.