"I've discovahed the secret.

It has something to do with Eugenia's rose wedding, and mothah is going to give me my bridesmaid's dress as a birthday present.

Own up now, Betty.
Isn't that it ?" Betty darted a startled look at Dora.

"Well," she admitted, cautiously, "if it were a game of hunt the slipper, I'd say you were getting rather warm.

That is _not_ the present your mother mentioned, although it _is_ a sample of the bridesmaids' dresses.