I think there is very beautiful sunlight
ahead for me. And by and by I hope to come into happiness that
maybe is even more than my share. I am coming to see you soon
and then I will tell you all about it.
There was more of the letter, but at that point Linda made one
headlong rush for the Bear Cat. She took the curve on two wheels
and almost ran into the mountain face behind the garage before
she could slow down. Then she set the Cat screaming wildly for
Peter. As he came up to the car she leaned toward him, shaking
with excitement.
"Peter," she cried, "have you opened that packet of letters yet?"
"No," said Peter, "I have not."
"Then give them to me quickly, Peter," said Linda.
Peter rushed into the garage and brought out the packet. Linda
caught it in both hands and dropped it in her lap.
"Well, thank God," she said devoutly. "And, Peter, the joke's on
me. Marian knew I was writing those letters all the time and she
just pretended that she cared for them to make the game
interesting for me. And when she had so many friends and so much
to do, she hadn't time for them any longer; then she pretended
that she was getting awfully in earnest in order to stop me, and
she did stop me all right."
Linda's face was a small panorama of conflicting emotions as she
appealed to Peter.
"Peter," she said in a quivering voice, "you can testify that she
stopped me properly, can't you, Peter?"
Peter tried to smile.
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