"Coming with us? He said he couldn't!"
"I know. I made him change his mind."
She walked to the open front door and looked at the waiting car. Digby was standing beside it.
"Are you ready, Miss Fraser?" he asked with a touch of impatience.
"We're waiting for Mr. Forrester," Peg said casually. "He's coming, after all."
She was not slow to see the swift shadow of disappointment that crossed his face, though he said heartily enough:
"Changed his mind, has he? Good!"
"Yes; I persuaded him," Peg said laconically.
She was fully aware that Faith was close beside her, and it gave her a fierce sort of joy to know that the girl's eyes were turned upon her with the faintest shadow of suspicion in them.
When Forrester appeared Peg called to him quickly.