Mardi Gras Madness (Carnival of Love)

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“But Babs! Do you mean to sit there and tell me that you’re still unconvinced after listening to me argue for almost a whole week?” Ethel kicked a dusty slipper from her foot viciously and stepped onto the rag rug to peel a cotton frock from her lissome figure.

“I’m still unconvinced,” Barbara Dorn admitted cautiously. “You make it sound like a fairy tale, but I still don’t see how I could possibly do it.” She had just stepped from a cold shower that was the only modern convenience the old farmhouse could boast, and her body glowed rosily as she sat lightly on the bed.

“You make me sick!” Ethel made an exasperated face at her. “It is just like a fairy tale... a fairy tale come to life. I haven’t exaggerated one tiny bit. Just to think of you living all your life... just a hundred miles from New Orleans... and you’ve never even seen a Mardi Gras festival!” She looked at Barbara wonderingly.

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