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"Just a chop or--"
Peter held out his hand.
"No, no. Sit down. Of course you are to do as you please. But I should
be so happy if--?" and Miss De Voe looked at Peter appealingly.
"No. Thank you."
"Nothing, Morden." They sat down again. "Why didn't you dine?" asked
Miss De Voe.
"I didn't care to face the storm."
"Yet you came out?"
"Yes. I got blue, and thought it foolish to stay indoors by myself."
"I'm very glad you came here. It's a great compliment to find an evening
with me put above dinner. You know I had the feeling that you didn't
like me."
"I'm sorry for that. It's not so."
"If not, why did you insist on my twice asking you to call on me?"
"I did not want to call on you without being sure that you really wished
to have me."
"Then why wouldn't you stay and dine at Saratoga?"
"Because my ticket wouldn't have been good."
"But a new ticket would only cost seven dollars."
"In my neighborhood, we don't say 'only seven dollars.'"
"But you don't need to think of seven dollars.


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