The young people decided that it might be one of the guests trying to fool the others.
"But I don't believe it," said Bet emphatically.
The gown chosen for Laura Sands was an old French costume and when the girls dressed her she looked like a queen.
"Why girls, she looks exactly like a picture of Marie Antoinette, don't you think so, Bet?" called Kit.
"And I know just the thing to make it perfect."
"The fan! She must carry the queen's fan!"
"Oh Bet, I wouldn't do that! You know your father prizes that fan so much."
"He won't care. Anyway, Laura will be careful."
Bet ran up stairs to her father's den, rummaged in the drawers and found the fan.
"Here, Laura, you may carry this, but be very careful for it's one of my father's treasures. He loves that fan."