The details of the plan kept them both talking for some time, and then Patty had to hurry away to reach home at her appointed hour.
“Now, I won’t see you again until then,” she said, as they parted at the door. “But I know you won’t fail me.”
“Not I!” said Sir Otho, and with his hand on his heart, he made a profound bow, and Patty drove homeward in the happiest mood she had known for many a day.
CHAPTER XI
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Patty’s birthday party was a great success.
As a rule, young people love a “dress-up” party, and the guests all entered into the spirit of the thing.
Lady Hamilton was in her element.