“Oh darling， don’t get so excited，” said Lasaraleen. “I was going to say， even if we were caught everyone would only say it was one of my mad jokes. I‘m getting quite well known for them. Only the other day.do listen， dear， this is frightfully funny.”
“I meant， all would be lost for me，” said Aravis a little sharply.
“Oh.ah.yes.I do see what you mean， darling. Well， can you think of any better plan？”
Aravis couldn’t， and answered， “No. We‘ll have to risk it. When can we start？”
“Oh， not tonight，” said Lasaraleen. “Of course not tonight. There’s a great feast on tonight （I must start getting my hair done for it in a few minutes） and the whole place will be a blaze of lights. And such a crowd too！ It would have to be tomorrow night.”
This was bad news for Aravis， but she had to make the best of it. The afternoon passed very slowly and it was a relief when Lasaraleen went out to the banquet， for Aravis was very tired of her giggling and her talk about dresses andparties， weddings and engagements and scandals. She went to bed early and that part she did enjoy： it was so nice to have pillows and sheets again.
