"Then we'll forget."
He said it so cheerfully, she was ready to believe him.
"That ought to be easy for you," he added.
"For me?"
"I 'm going to leave you with Peter."
She caught her breath. She did not dare answer.
"I've seen a good deal of him lately," he continued. "We've come to know each other rather intimately, as sometimes men do in a short while when they have interests in common."
"You and Peter have interests in common!" she exclaimed.
He appeared uneasy.
"We're both Harvard, you know."