"I wonder what's become of Charlotte and Nora," said Annie. "They went back to my room to take off their hats and things."
"I don't believe they are going to play queen any more," said Angeline.
"We might have tableaux or charades," suggested Lucia.
"I'll go find the others and tell them," said Annie. "You be picking out a play while I'm gone."
They were talking the matter over when Annie returned with her two missing guests.
"We are going to play robbers or something and carry off a lovely lady to a cave," announced Lucia. "Ruth's the smallest and she'll be the easiest to carry."
"Oh, I think that's line," said Annie. "What will you be, Lucia?"
"I am going to be the young knight who rescues her."
"And I'll be the chief of the robber band," said Nora, "or maybe I'll be the old woman that's always ready to receive the prisoners; you know there is always one like that in the stories."
Annie, Charlotte and Angeline, therefore, resolved themselves into a band of robbers and Ruth in her queenly robes was dragged off unmercifully.