“He’s a queer fellow; I don’t know what to make of him.”
“He didn’t seem surprised when you came forward, and said the hen was yours.”
“Do you think he thought it was me?”
“Yes, I shouldn’t wonder.”
“Perhaps,” said Peter, brightening up, “he was afraid of making a fuss about it.”
“Very likely,” said John.
“I think he is afraid of me,” said Peter, complacently. “He must know that I am stronger than he.”
“I guess you are right.”
“That’s the reason he turned it off as a joke. I guess he wants to keep on good terms with me.”
“Only, you know he said that the hen was qualified to teach the one who put her there.”