"Oh, Peter," she sighed (the elimination of formal appellations had been accomplished during the earlier stages of the repast), "Oh, Peter, I hope it isn't going to bring us unhappiness."
"Unhappiness! Why, Beth!"
"Oh, I don't know. It seems to me that people with a lot of money always look unhappy wantin' to want somethin'."
He laughed.
"The secret of successful wanting is only to want the things you can get."
"That's just the trouble. With a million dollars I'll get so much more than I want. And what then——?"
"You'll have to start all over again."
"No," she said quietly. "I won't. If wantin' things she can't buy makes a girl hard, like Peggy McGuire, I think I'd rather be poor."
Peter grew grave again.
"Nothing could ever make you like Peggy McGuire," he said.