When they entered the room, to discover a table set for just five persons and fairly groaning beneath the weight of all manner of good things, Thad drew a long breath; for now he knew that the grand announcement could not be much longer delayed.

And he also knew that poor Matilda's simple luncheon, resting in the covered basket under the tree outside, would in all likelihood remain untouched.
"Why, what do you think of that ?" remarked Brother Lu, appearing to be very much surprised.

"Here are places for just five, the number we count.

Wouldn't it be a great joke now if we had the nerve to sit down, and partake of this little spread.

Mrs.Husted, this is my sister's birthday, the only one she's really had, I guess, for more than twenty years.