Chapter Twelve

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A meal of chicken salad on cheese biscuits, lobster bisque, and an asparagus and watercress salad was served to the Skye Castle Party before they set out for Olympus.

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Annabeth could scarcely eat a thing due to excitement

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Annabeth could scarcely eat a thing due to excitement. Olympus was so much more glamorous than where she was from. Even more glamorous than Skye Castle. The King himself and his family were said to frequent Olympus. What if her hair and gown were outdated and made her look like a country bumpkin? Some of the new fashion plates from London showed ladies dressed like figures from Ancient Greek vases in high waisted, column-like gowns and their hair styled in loose, tumbling curls bound with ribbons and turbans. In the plates for ballgowns and evening dresses, the necklines were low and worn without fichus and the sleeves left the arms practically bare. Her blue striped, zone-front gown and hedgehog hairstyle adorned with pink wax flowers would seem twee and dowdy.

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