"It is against the rules," said Dinah; "but everything appears to be against the rules to-day. I have just finished a little blue muslin robe with a pale blue ground covered with forget-me-nots, and there is a hat with a wreath of forget-me-nots, which she can wear on this great occasion."
"Oh, golloptious!" cried Henny. "Let me get into the frock! Why, I am a darling Fuzzy-wuzzy. Look at my hair, Maureen. Don't you envy it like anything?"
"You must be quick," said Maureen. "The dress is very pretty."
She helped Dinah to get Henrietta into the blue dress. The little hat, on the top of the tangle of red hair, was really becoming. Then the Quaker woman put on her own long gray cloak and her Quaker bonnet, and promised to meet Maureen with Henrietta outside the grounds in ten minutes' time. There Dominic and Maureen did meet Henrietta and her companion.
Dominic gave Henrietta one of his straight glances.
"I'm good, Dommy," she said, "and I love Maureen like anything; but oh, I am so peckish. How soon can we get a good spanking feed?"
"I expect before long," said Dominic. "Don't lean on me, Henrietta. I have no doubt that good lady will offer you her arm if you require it, and I must help Maureen."
Thus they started off and reached the Rose and Honeysuckle. Henrietta mightily enjoyed the good things set before her, and fixed her bold, blue eyes on each individual who came into the coffee-room.
Having at last satisfied even her appetite, she tried the dodge of whispering to Dominic, but Dominic said aloud, "Whispering is not good form," then turned and spoke to Maureen.
He spoke in a low, confidential voice to his dear little cousin, and Henrietta's fiery temper assumed the colour of her hair. The Quaker woman was, however, watching her. But she herself was unaware of this fact.