Peter would not allow Linda to drive him home at
night, so he left her after the Bear Cat had been safely placed
in the garage. As she stood on the walk beside him, strongly
outlined in the moonlight, Peter studied Linda whimsically. He
said it half laughingly, but there was something to think about
in what he said:
"I'm just picturing, Linda, what a nice old lady you will be by
the time that high school kid of yours spends four years in
college, one on the continent, and the Lord knows how many at
mastering a profession."
Linda looked at him with widened eyes.
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"Why, what are you talking about, Peter? Are you moonstruck?"
she inquired solicitously. "Donald's only a friend, you know. I
love him because he is the nicest companion; but there is nothing
for you to be silly about."
Then Peter began to realize the truth. There wasn't anything for
him to be concerned about. She had not the slightest notion what
love meant, even as she announced that she loved Donald.
CHAPTER XXX. Peter's Release
Eugene Snow returned to San Francisco enthusiastic about Linda,
while he would scarcely have known how to express his
appreciation of Katherine O'Donovan. He had been served a
delicious dinner, deftly and quietly, such food as men
particularly like; but there had been no subservience. If
Katherine O'Donovan had been waiting on her own table, serving
her own friends she could not have managed with more pride.
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