Bouquet in example sentence
In front of Jean, who sat in hisfather's place, an enormous bouquet of flowers--a bouquet for a reallygreat occasion--stood up like a cupola dressed with flags, and wasflanked by four high dishes, one containing a pyramid of splendidpeaches; the second, a monumental cake gorged with whipped cream andcovered with pinnacles of sugar--a cathedral in confectionery;the third, slices of pine-apple floating in clear sirup; and thefourth--unheard-of lavishness--black grapes brought from the warmersouth.