But there were some courtiers, and they did look romantic. Perhaps
that stout girl in the white Empire gown, with a baby cap on her
head, and a rattler around her neck, might be Bess Robinson.
But the Winter girls were both stout--as stout as Bess. Then that
thin creature, so tall that she suggested a section of sugar cane
(could she actually be in one piece), might be Belle. The Psyche
knot at the back of her head, and the wreath of wild olive,
certainly bespoke Belle.
What had Cora done? Whom had she impersonated? There were many who
wished to know this, and there were so many pretty persons that very
likely she might have taken a very simple character. Cora disliked
too much trouble, where trouble did not seem to count.
That splendid figure of Liberty might be she. Or that indolent
Cleopatra on the rustic bench under the white birch tree--she made a
pretty picture. But Cora would not pose as this one was doing. The
vacant seat beside the girl was too glaring an invitation for Cora
to offer. Perhaps she might be that suffragette, who went about
demanding "Votes for women!" See! There she is now, holding up Marc
Anthony!
A most attractive figure was Night or Luna. The coloring would have
suited Cora--the black hair and the silvery trimmings of the robe to
represent the moon but it was not like Cora to seek the dark spots
of the garden that her moonbeams might be the brighter.
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