"Come on boldly, my dear," said Nick. "Peter's bored to death waiting for you."
"Ah he's come to say he won't dine with us to-night!" Biddy stood with her hand on the latch.
"I leave town to-morrow: I've everything to do; I'm broken-hearted; it's impossible"-Peter made of it again such a case as he could. "Please make my peace with your mothe