"
"Is he as fond of Real Estate as all that? Well, I can't give it
to him, for it's your ground that I'm on most of the time, and I
suppose the beach is owned by the Realty Company or something."
"FUNNY girl! Patty, you make me laugh boisterously with that wit
of yours! Well, Miss Sweetness, will you help me with my costume?
Guy has 'persuaded' ME to be Cleopatra on the Nile Float."
"Oh, Mona, how lovely! You'll be a PERFECT Cleopatra. Indeed I
will help you! What are you going to wear?"
"Whatever's the right thing. Of course it must be magnificent in
effect. I'm going to send for a dressmaker and two helpers to-
morrow morning, and put them to work on it. They can fit linings
while I send to New York for the material. Lizette can go and
select it. What do you think of gold-brocaded white satin?"
"Appropriate enough for Cleopatra, but ridiculous for a pantomime
costume! Get white paper muslin or sateen, and trace a design on
it with gold paint."
"No, sir-ee! I don't get a chance to shine as a dramatic star
often, and I'm going to have the finest costume I can think up!"
"Oh, Mona, you have no sense of proportion," laughed Patty; "go
ahead then, and get your white satin, if it will make you happy.
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