Charmed Two nights after Yertle s death, the girls have pulled Kate s mother s old wicker chaise out into the garden, into the middle of the flamingos and flowers, next to Kate s swing. They ve parted the trumpet vine like curtains, and tied it back with ribbons. They re ready for a moonlight picnic.
Candles are lit.
The banquet spread. Annie in a wheel-chair steered by Betty s mother, dusk in a customary cool, gray chiffon. Together, the girls tuck Annie into her comfortable pillows and quilts on the chaise. Then they pile up in the swing. The excitement builds.