"
"Well," said Watts, "we have all known Peter long enough to have found
out what he is, yet there seems to be a slight divergence of opinion.
Are we fools, or is Peter a gay deceiver?"
"He is the most outspoken man I ever knew," said Miss De Voe.
"But he tells nothing," said an usher.
"Yes. He is absolutely silent," said a bridesmaid.
"Except when he's speechifying," said Ray.
"And Leonore says he talks and jokes a great deal," said Watts.
"I never knew any one who is deceiving herself so about a man," said
Dorothy. "It's terrible. What do you think she had the face to say to me
to-day?"
"What?"
"She was speaking of their plans after returning from the wedding
journey, and she said: 'I am going to have Peter keep up his bachelor
quarters.' 'Does he say he'll do it?' I asked. 'I haven't spoken to
him,' she replied, 'but of course he will.' I said: 'Leonore, all women
think they rule their husbands, but they don't in reality, and Peter
will be less ruled than any man I know.
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