"You deserve it," said Eleanor.
"Come," said Billy, "all ready! another game! 'Blind feeds Blind!'" And they blindfolded the boys' eyes, and sat them opposite each other, each with a plate of little pieces of cake, and a spoon. They were to try to feed each other. The one who dropped the least number of pieces, and whose cake was first gone, won. It was very funny! Sometimes the spoon was poked into the other boy's ear; sometimes it hit his nose.
"Everything was grand, Mary Frances," said Eleanor, "and it was the loveliest party!"
"I think so, too," smiled Aunt Maria.
"One last riddle," said Mary Frances' father, bidding the young people good-night:
"'Why is Mary Frances the happiest girl in the world?'"