So again they climbed into the automobiles and were whisked away to a
hotel in the town.

Here they were provided with a most satisfying meal, which was partaken
of amid much merry conversation and laughter.




CHAPTER XII

SHOPPING


The afternoon was devoted to the gardens and the Trianons.

Elise was enraptured with the garden, but Patty, while she admired them
very much, thought them too stiff and formal for her taste. Laid out, as
they are, according to the laws of geometrical symmetry, it seemed to
Patty that grace and beauty were sacrificed to squares and straight
lines.

But none the less was she interested in the wonderful landscape, and
amazed that any grass could be so green as that of the marvelous green
carpet. The multitude of statues and fountains, the walks and terraces,
and the exquisite colours of the autumn trees, made a picture that Patty
never forgot.

The Trianons presented new delights, and Patty fancied herself
transported back to the days of Marie Antoinette and her elaborately