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So Peter ate
his dinner quietly, the conversation being general enough not to force
him to do more than respond, when appealed to. He was, it is true,
appealed to frequently. Peter had the reputation, as many quiet men
have, of being brainy. Furthermore he knew the right kind of people, was
known to enjoy a large income, was an eligible bachelor, and was
"interesting and unusual." So society no longer rolled its Juggernaut
over him regardlessly, as of yore. A man who was close friends with half
a dozen exclusives of the exclusives, was a man not to be disregarded,
simply because he didn't talk. Society people applied much the same test
as did the little "angle" children, only in place of "he's frinds wid
der perlice," they substituted "he's very intimate with Miss De Voe, and
the Ogdens and the Pells."
Peter had dimly hoped that he would find himself seated at Leonore's
table--He had too much self depreciation to think for a moment that he
would take her in--but hers was a young table, he saw, and he would not
have minded so much if it hadn't been for that Marquis.


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