"O Molly! Molly!" was all Sara said, as she laughed in spite of herself;
but she felt she could trust the child who, with all her faults, had not
a grain of slyness or deception in her nature.
CHAPTER XVII.
MOLLY GIVES A PARTY.
The party came off, "according to contract," as Molly observed, and for
a few days kept the child in a flutter of delight. Sara purposely left
the preparations to her, only giving advice as it was requested; and
even she, though so well acquainted with Molly's housekeeping abilities,
was astonished at the result. It gave her real respect for the girl to
see the method with which she planned it all, from her list of invited
guests to her list of grocer's stores, arranged with the probable cost
at the side of each article, that Sara might understand just how much
money would be needed.
Then the dishes she compounded, after intense calculations over the
cook-book, and frequent racings down-stairs to consult with Mrs.
Hoffstott, were really toothsome and delicate; besides being brought
about with precision and forethought, so that all might not crowd
together at the end.
"Now," she said, Friday night, consulting a much-worn bit of paper, and
drawing a long, house-wifely sigh, "now I'm all ready, except the salad,
and laying the table, and the decorating.
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