Cutting a lemon with a saber, and the Dummy Race, ended the morning’s sports. The afternoon was to be devoted to riding.
CHAPTER XX
BARBARA AND BEAUTY
“Barbara, you are eating very little luncheon,” Ralph Ewing whispered in Bab’s ear.
Ambassador and Mrs. Morton were entertaining a large number of friends in the dining-room of the clubhouse.
Maud Warren smiled patronizingly across the table at Barbara.
“Are you nervous about our riding this afternoon?” Maud asked. “Mr. Heller, do please pass Miss Thurston those sandwiches. She must want something to keep up her courage.”
Kind-hearted Franz Heller hurriedly presented Bab with all the good things he could reach.