"I won't hold you to your
word, but I'd like to. Do you know, I've promised to be Father
Neptune in this dinky parade they're getting up. Won't I be the
gay old Sea Dog! I hope you'll be the Spirit of the Sea."
"That isn't decided; don't ask me about it yet," said Patty, who
had no mind to commit herself until Guy should ask her definitely
to take the part. Though since Lora couldn't take it, and Daisy
wouldn't, she felt pretty sure it would fall to her.
A number of the Spring Beach boys and girls had drifted in, as
they often did at tea time, and the talk of the many small groups
was all of the coming festivity. Beside the Sea Float, there were
the various rivers to be represented. The Nile would be
characterised by Egyptian costumes and effects. The Hudson would
be an attempt at a representation of "The Half Moon." The Tiber
was to show gorgeous Roman citizens; the Thames proudly
contemplated a houseboat, and the Seine, French scenery. Also,
there would be floats representing Venice, Holland, the Panama
Canal, Niagara Falls, the Open Polar Sea, and many others showing
some phase or manifestation of water's great kingdom.
Daisy had inveigled Guy Martin into a tete-a-tete corner with her,
but after a polite quarter of an hour, he declared he must move
around and confer with a few people concerning their parts in the
carnival.
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