"Then, but for your generosity, Amarilly, this would have been in the waist for years, so I am going to reward you. You shall make Lily Rose a wedding present of the waist, and when you are married, I shall give you a real, white wedding gown of white satin with a bridal train!"
"Oh, Miss King! I must get married then, even if I have to do it in a leap year!"
"Of course you will marry. I shall pick out the bridegroom myself. I feel like doing almost anything for you, Amarilly."
"Do you, truly?" asked Amarilly. "Then I wish you would—"
"Tell me, dear!" urged Colette. "I'll do anything for you to-day."
"Be nice to Mr. St. John!" whispered the little peacemaker.
"Amarilly! I will, indeed—nicer than you can imagine, or he either. And tell me, is Lily Rose still happy—very happy?"
"Yes," replied Amarilly. "So happy, and so scared-like, and she's going to dress at our house and could you come early and fix on the veil? We don't just know how it goes."
[Illustration: "Be nice to Mr. St. John!" whispered the little peacemaker.]
"Of course I will. And now will you take a little note to St. John for me on your way home?"