I wouldn't even tell Marcelle herself that she is to be the guest of honor.

She'd run like a deer, if she even suspected it." The date of the Founders' Tea was set for the following Saturday.

Kit evolved the invitations herself and wrote them on blank cards, as she remembered doing back at the Cove in the days of opulence and entertainment.
_Saturday, October Second, Three to Five_.
You are invited to attend a Founders' Tea, Douglas Dormitory, Hope College, Miss Allen's Study.
"Diffident, modest and correct," quoth Kit, critically, when she showed them to Anne.

"Now, what are you going to eat, Anne?
Isn't there something besides just plain tea?
Couldn't we fix up some kind of glorified lemonade ?" "I've got it all down," answered Anne.

"Grape juice, ginger ale and lemons.