He was pleased to get a letter from Lispenard during the winter, from
Japan. It was long, but only the first paragraph need be quoted, for the
rest related merely to his travels:
"The breezes of the Pacific have blown away all my bad temper," he
wrote, "and I want to say that I was wrong, and regret my original
fault, as well as what it later led me into. You are quite right.
We must continue friends."
Peter wrote a reply, which led to a regular correspondence. He sent Miss
De Voe, also, a line of Christmas greetings, and received a long letter
from her at Nice, which told him something of Watts and Helen:
"She is now well again, but having been six years in Europe, she
and her husband have become wedded to the life. I question if they
ever return. I spoke of you, and they both inquired with great
warmth about you."
Peter replied, sending his "remembrance to Mr. and Mrs. D'Alloi in case
you again meet them." From that time on Miss De Voe and he corresponded,
she telling him of her Italian, Greek and Egyptian wanderings, and he
writing of his doings, especially in regard to a certain savings bank
fund standing in the name of "Peter Stirling, trustee" to which Miss De
Voe had, the winter before, arranged to contribute a thousand dollars
yearly.
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