“Pell and Ogden, and the rest of them, have made you what I never could, dig at you as I would. So you’ve yielded to the demands of your toney friends?”
“Of course I tried to dress correctly for my up-town friends, when I was with them. But it was not they who made me careful, though they helped me to find a good tailor, when I decided that I must dress better.”
“Then it was the big law practice, eh? Must keep up appearances?”
“I fancy my dressing would no more affect my practice, than does the furnishing of my office.”
“Then who is she? Out with it, you sly dog.”
“Of course I shan’t tell you that”
“Peter, will you tell me?” asked Leonore.
Peter smiled into the frank eyes. “Who she is?”
“No. Why you dress so nicely. Please?”
“You’ll laugh when I tell you it is my ward.”