“‘I never!’ said Taygeta. ‘It was Alcyone!’ Then they all looked at each other and giggled again, and Andromeda giggled with them, where she and Merope stood with their arms around each other’s waists. It was a giggling match, and Cepheus and Cassiopeia and Orion and Hercules and Perseus and Draco and Castor and Pollux—”
“The Zodiacs?” asked Phyllisy.
“Yes, the Gemini Brothers.”
“Did Sol let them?” asked Pat.
“Of course, for a party. They came just after the Pleiades girls. They all looked at the gigglers, and they smiled because they were young and pretty, and they seemed to know what they were laughing at, but the others couldn’t guess what it was, to save them!”
“Weren’t they silly?” said Pat. “But we do it, too.”
“And quite big girls—much bigger than we,” added Phyllisy.
“Even worse, Miss Phyllisy. I’ve noticed it,” said the Princess.
“Finally Cepheus said: ‘You might as well go home, Orion. These girls don’t want a party to-night.’
“‘Oh, yes, we do!’ they cried. ‘Only Taygeta—’ Then they were off again.