But Miss Luck knew what she was about and called him in to just
the right kind of a kitten to make a big speech about. Thereupon he
makes it, blackguarding and wiping the floor up with a millionaire
brewer. Does the brewer wait for his turn to get even with him? Not a
bit. Miss Luck takes a hand in and the brewer falls on Peter's
breast-bone, and loves him ever afterwards. My cousin writes him, and he
snubs her. Does she annihilate him as she would have other men? No. Miss
Luck has arranged all that, and they become the best of friends."
"Lispenard--" Miss De Voe started to interrupt indignantly, but
Lispenard continued, "Hold on till I finish. One at a time. Well. Miss
Luck gets him chosen to a convention by a fluke and Peter votes against
Costell's wishes. What happens? Costell promptly takes him up and pushes
him for all he's worth. He snubs society, and society concludes that a
man who is more snubby and exclusive than itself must be a man to
cultivate. He refuses to talk, and every one promptly says: 'How
interesting he is!' He gets in the way of a dynamite bomb.
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