That buffet supper was later pronounced the most successful meal ever prepared in Poco Tiempo.
"This is truly Bohemian," remarked Mrs. Clyde, as with a newspaper for both plate and napkin, she joined the group about the fire, "—much more so than the studio-luncheons they call Bohemian in Boston."
"Fancy anything trying to be Bohemian in Boston!" exclaimed Blue Bonnet. "They haven't a thing in common."
"They both begin with a B," said Sarah.
The girls were too surprised to laugh.
"Is that a joke, Sarah?" asked Kitty in an awestruck tone.
"Of course not,—they do, don't they?" she returned.
As the girls collapsed at this, she looked up in puzzled surprise. "I'd like to know what's so funny about that," she remarked plaintively.
"There comes Mrs. Judson," exclaimed Debby.
There was a hasty wiping of blackened fingers on newspaper napkins as the girls rose to greet this unexpected guest. The little figure approaching them seemed slighter than ever, and the gingham dress fairly trailed over the long grass. The face was hidden in the inevitable sunbonnet.