"No," said Leonore hastily. "But do you think of me as nothing but a
society girl?"
"Yes," said Peter, truth speaking in voice and face.
The corners of Leonore's mouth descended to a woeful degree.
"I think you are a society girl," continued Peter, "because you are the
nicest kind of society."
Leonore fairly filled the room with her smile. Then she said, "Peter,
will you do me a favor?"
"Yes."
"Will you tell Dorothy that I have helped you translate cipher telegrams
and write the replies?"
Peter was rather astonished, but said, "Yes."
But he did it very badly, Leonore thought, for meeting Dorothy the next
day at a lawn party, after the mere greetings, he said:
"Dorothy, Miss D'Alloi has been helping me translate and write cipher
telegrams."
Dorothy looked startled at the announcement for a moment. Then she gave
a glance at Leonore, who was standing by Peter, visibly holding herself
in a very triumphant attitude. Then she burst out into the merriest of
laughs, and kept laughing.
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