"Busy over the crown for the queen to wear"
"We'll keep some of the prettiest bunches to trim our dresses with," said Florence. "Bubbles, bring us a basin of water to put them in. I shall have a little bunch on each shoulder and you can have the same, Dimple. Oh, where did you get those lovely lilies of the valley?"
"Mr. Atkinson sent them to me. I met him on the street and he was asking me about the May party."
"Where are they going to set up the May-pole?" Rock asked.
"Just back of Mr. Atkinson's; in that pretty meadow with the grove at one end."
"What a lovely place!" exclaimed Florence. "Where are you going, Dimple?"
"I'm just going to speak to mamma." And a moment later she entered her mother's room with a very serious face.