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' You are a great puzzle."
Dorothy laughed. "Here we four women--Mrs. Grinnell, and Mrs. Winthrop
and Leonore and myself--have been quarrelling over you, and each
insisting you are something different. I believe you are not a bit firm
and stable, as people say you are, but a perfect chameleon, changing
your tint according to the color of the tree you are on. Leonore was the
worst, though! She says that you talk and joke a great deal. We could
have stood anything but that!"
"I am sorry my conversation and humor are held in such low estimation."
"There," said Leonore, "See. Didn't I tell you he joked? And, Peter, do
you dislike women?"
"Unquestionably," said Peter.
"Please tell me. I told them of your speech about the sunshine, and Mrs.
Winthrop says that she knows you didn't mean it. That you are a
woman-hater and despise all women, and like to get off by yourself."
"That's the reason I joined you and Dorothy," said Peter.
"Do you hate women?" persisted Leonore.
"A man is not bound to incriminate himself," replied Peter, smiling.


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