Flanking the centrepiece at each corner were large dishes
containing mounds of jelly cake, pound cake, sponge cake, and angel
cake. On either side of the centrepiece, shaped in fancy moulds, were
two large dishes of ice cream, a third full of sherbet, and the fourth
one filled with frozen pudding. In the vacant spaces about the larger
dishes were smaller plates containing the home-made pies and cake, and
the apples, oranges, dates, figs, raisins, nuts, and candy taken from
the pound packages brought by the members of the surprise party. Piled
upon the table in heaps were the fifty boxes containing the souvenir
gifts that Quincy had ordered.
As they took their places about the table, Quincy felt it incumbent upon
him to say something. Turning to the Professor he addressed him:
"Professor Strout, I think it is my duty to inform you that I have made
this little addition to the bountiful supper supplied by you and the
members of this party, on behalf of my friends, Mr. and Miss Pettengill,
and myself. I trust that you will take as much pleasure in disposing of
it as I have in sending it.
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