"I've been wondering where you were," she said mildly.
"And a little bit mad in spots?" queried Peter.
"Well---" Susan took firm grip of her courage. "After our little talk on Saturday," she reminded him, smilingly.
"Sure," said Peter. And after a moment, thoughtfully staring down at the desk, he added again rather heavily, "Sure."
"I told my aunt--I had to," said Susan then.
"Well, that's all right," Peter responded, after a perceptible pause. "Nobody else knows?"
"Oh, nobody!" Susan answered, her heart fluttering nervously at his tone, and her courage suddenly failing.
"And Auntie will keep mum, of course," he said thoughtfully. "It would be so deuced awkward, Susan," he began.
"Oh, I know it!" she said eagerly. It seemed so much, after the unhappy apprehensions of the few days past, to have him acknowledge the engagement, to have him only concerned that it should not be prematurely made known!
"Can't we have dinner together this evening, Sue? And go see that man at the Orpheum,--they say he's a wonder!"