The artistic quality of these saved them from devastation.

Those pyramids of luscious beauty could not be denied by human hands without showing the indubitable signs of vandalism.

Their very splendor saved them.
It is true that he skilfully extracted an olive from the symmetrical mound of chicken salad and took an almond and a macaroon and other detached dainties that were not made sacred and secure by their own architecture.

But for the most part Pee-wee was faithful to his trust.
He knew his time would come.

And then, oh, then, that proud tower of interlaced sandwiches would look like Rheims Cathedral.
Thus an hour passed and the merry throng emerged upon the lawn and made a direct assault upon the dancing platform, lured by strains of irresistible music.