"Lovely," cried the girls.
"I have a lot here, you know," said Miss Thurston. "There is a Dutch dress."
"I'll take that," cried Edna.
"And an Italian peasant costume."
"That will just do for me," said Janet
"It will just about fit you," Miss Thurston told her, as she scanned her critically. "Then there is a pretty empire gown that will exactly suit Miss Perkins, and I can take a certain Japanese costume which is the most comfortable of all and fitted to my more mature years." She laughed as she spoke, for, in spite of her gray hair and the fact that she was not young, she seemed in her enthusiasms as eager as a girl.
"What have you for Becky?" asked Janet.
"Oh, Becky can wear a French marquise dress which is gorgeous, and will be the very thing for her."
"Do hurry up and have it," said Teddy. "I'm just longing to see myself in one of those queer caps with a pair of bed-springs standing out over my ears."
"Then hold yourself in readiness for the third Friday of next month," said Miss Thurston. "Must you go, girls? I am greatly indebted to you for bringing Miss Perkins, and for your goodness in posing for me. When can you come again, Miss Perkins? Now that I have you, I want to hold on to you."