"
"That is not much of a compliment to us," said Linda slowly.
"How do you think we would dare write them if they were not
true?"
This caused such a laugh that everyone felt much easier. Marian
turned her dark eyes toward Peter Morrison.
"Linda and I are busy people," she said. "We waste little time
in indirections, so I hope it's not out of the way for me to ask
straightforwardly if you are truly in earnest, about wanting a
home in Lilac Valley?"
"Then I'll have to answer you," said Peter, "that I have an
attractive part of the 'makin's' and I am in deadly earnest about
wanting a home somewhere. I am sick in my soul of narrow
apartments and wheels and the rush and roar of the city. There
was a time when I ate and drank it. It was the very breath of
life to me. I charged on Broadway like a caterpillar tank
charging in battle; but it is very remarkable how quickly one
changes in this world. I have had some success in my work, and
the higher I go, the better work I feel I can do in a quiet place
and among less enervating surroundings. John and I were in
college together, roommates, and no doubt he has told you that we
graduated with the same class. He has found his location here
and I would particularly enjoy having a home near him. They tell
me there are well-trained servants to look after a house and care
for a bachelor, so I truly feel that if I can find a location I
would like, and if Henry can plan me a house, and I can stretch
my purse to cover the investment, that there is a very large
possibility that somewhere within twenty miles of Los Angeles I
may find the home of my dreams.
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