The acting was to be in the gymnasium, not in the garden, for a sirocco wind was blowing and the overcast sky promised rain.

It was a pity, for the pergola would have made such a beautiful background, and some enthusiasts even petitioned Miss Morley to keep to her original plan.
"And have you all wet through, and the guests shivering with cold ?" she replied.

"No, indeed! Be thankful we have such a large room as the gym to act in.

Otherwise the fete would have been put off altogether." The girls were allowed, however, to decorate the platform with flowers, and to hang up Chinese lanterns so as to give a festive appearance to the scene.

The performers donned their costumes in good time, but wore waterproofs over them to conceal them.