With a smile at the
memory of Farnsworth's allusion to apple blossoms, she put it on,
and twisted a wreath of the same lovely flowers in her golden
crown of curls.
Then she danced downstairs to find the Western man awaiting her.
He looked very handsome in evening clothes, and the easy
unconsciousness of his pose and manner made him seem to Patty the
most attractive man she had ever seen.
"I've arranged it with Mona," he said, straightforwardly, "and I'm
to take you in to dinner. I want to sit next to you."
But Patty had caught sight of Daisy Dow, and the angry gleam in
that young woman's eyes warned Patty that Farnsworth's plan boded
trouble.
Moreover, perverse Patty objected to being appropriated so calmly,
and with a deliberate intent to pique Farnsworth, she replied,
gaily:
"Nay, nay, fair sir; it suits me not, thus to be parcelled out. We
Eastern girls are not to be had for the asking."
The smile she flashed at him brought an answering smile to
Farnsworth's face, but as he stepped forward to urge her to grant
his wish, Patty slipped her hand in Roger's arm, and joined the
others who were already going to the dining-room.
She had quickly seen that this move on her part would leave
Farnsworth no choice but to escort Daisy Dow, for Roger had been
assigned to that fair maiden.
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