"She's much better looking than Lady Betty, if you ask me," exclaimed Bob, but if Kit liked the compliment she didn't show it. Lady Betty was perfect and no one could outdo her in anything.
"Come on, Joy, hurry up. Let's get started!" said Bob suddenly.
"But we'll have to wait for Kit to get out of that dress and change to her own."
"So Lady Merriweather isn't going to step back into the frame? Too bad!" laughed Phil. "It was very becoming!"
The girl who appeared a few moments later in torn skirt was no less attractive than the Colonial maid. To the eyes of the modern young people, she seemed far more human and companionable.
As the automobile carried them away. Bet turned to her father:
"Did you ever see anyone who could choose such good friends as I can?"
"Never in this world, Bet!" laughed the Colonel as he pinched her cheek.