| Jean with a pigeon on each shoulder was perfectly happy | [Frontispiece] | ||
| Nan volunteered to go for supplies | Facing | page | [52] |
| Mary Lee was snapping her fingers and taking her steps | " | " | [96] |
| Jo managed to get next to the driver | " | " | [150] |
| The children stood in awe and delight at the Krippen | " | " | [270] |
CHAPTER I
THE FOURTH IN PARIS
It was at Passy that a little party of American girls were discussing the afternoon's plans one day in July. The three older girls were most interested; the two younger were too much engrossed in a game of Diabolo to notice very much what the others were talking about.
"You see it's raining," said Nan Corner, a tall girl with dark hair, "so we can't go in the Bois as we intended."
"Neither do we want to follow Aunt Helen's example and go hunting for antiques," put in Nan's sister, Mary Lee. "What do you say we do, Jo?"