"I want you to go with me to the Harrisons' dance Wednesday night, and I want you to look your very prettiest." "But I'm not even asked." "Oh, you are.

Mrs.Harrison has just told me she was sending your invitation with a number that had not gone out." How like Corinna it was to put it that way! "They are giving it for that English girl who is staying with them.

She is pretty, but you must look ever so much prettier.

I want you to wear that green and silver dress that makes you look like a mermaid." The kind voice, so full of sympathy, so forgetful of self, flooded Patty's heart like sunshine after darkness.
"I will go, if you wish me to," she answered, raising Corinna's hand to her cheek.

And the thought flashed through her mind, "Stephen will be there.