And she didn't have
any trouble keeping from being disappointed, after that. For, just as
Avrillia had hinted, the toast, in spite of its appearance, was really
Angel Food cake; and as she ate it, Sara found at her elbow a bottle
marked "Birdsong Wine--Bluebird." As the Gunki were all eating, they
couldn't wait on her, so she poured it into her glass herself; and
when she had taken a sip, it tasted just like April! You may imagine
that, from that time on, Sara had no further anxiety about what she
was to eat, and that her mind was now entirely free to enjoy the
Toasts. The second Toast was announced, indeed, before she had
recovered from her first surprise and delight. The subject of this
Toast was, "Sara's Dimples--May I Never Get Them"; and of course it
was responded to by the Snimmy. There was no variety either in the
looks or in the performance of the Toasts; I must admit that they were
very heavy, awkward, and short of breath, and were as much alike as
the trained sea-lions at a circus. However, you felt that, like the
sea-lions, they were doing very well to perform at all. (Avrillia
whispered to Sara that Pirlaps, as toastmaster, had spent days and
days preparing them; so Sara suspected that Pirlaps, at least, had
known all along that she was older than the Snoodle.
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