Patty's pleasure trip
Carolyn Wells
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(...)""Oh, Patty, you silly! Now, listen. Look at these plates, and pick out the prettiest hat so I may get it for the garden-party."Lady Kitty spread out the sheets of millinery designs, and still absorbed in her reading, Patty lifted her hand and, without looking, pointed a finger at random till it rested on one of the pictured hats."That one! Why, Patty, you're crazy! I couldn't wear that pudgy little turban,—I want a big sun-hat. Would you have a straw or lace?""Yes, indeed," said Patty, turning a leaf and devouring the next page of her book."Angel child! You think you're teasing me, don't you? But not so! I love to see you so bent on literary pursuits! Indeed, I don't think one book at a time is enough for a great(...)"