seven o'clock
The room was very prettily decorated with blossoming boughs , and Japanese lanterns , and set about with long tables covered with white , which contained the articles for sale . In the center of the room was the flower-booth , and that was lovely . It was a circle of green , with oval openings to frame young girl-faces , and on the circular shelf were heaped flowers in brilliant masses . At seven o'clock the fair was in full swing , as far as the wares and saleswomen were concerned . At the flower-booth were four pretty girls : Fanny Dodge , Ellen Dix , Joyce Fulsom and Ethel Mixter . Each stood looking out of her frame of green , and beamed with happiness in her own youth and beauty . They did not , could not share the anxiety of the older women .