"Next week, I think. This second one will have to cost more, however, for we shall have two more people in, and must give them rather a better meal, or rather, a more elaborate meal. Shall we have the little maid?"
"Oh, well—never mind. I suppose I must learn to do my own waiting if I am to begin as I must keep on afterward. No, I'll wait, Mary."
When they came to write out the menu for this second luncheon, they again put down asparagus.
"I'm afraid we shall be doomed to disappointment, but I hope we may be able to find some that is cheap," sighed Mrs. Thorne. "Nothing makes such a good company salad."
"A little voice within me tells me we shall get it for almost nothing," said her sister comfortably; "put it down, Mary."
This was the menu for the luncheon:
| Strawberries. |
| Cream of beet soup. |
| Salmon cutlets; creamed potatoes; peas; tea. |
| Asparagus salad with French dressing. |
| Café parfait. |
"But why is the main course fish instead of meat?" Dolly inquired anxiously, as she read it over.
"Oh, at luncheon I often have a substantial fish course as a main one; salmon is just what we want, and in the spring I like it better than a meat, anyway. You will see that it is all right. Besides, it is cheap!"