Amy appeared at the doorway, her face flushed with excitement and her eyes bright. “Peggy!” she almost screamed. “You got it! You got it!”
For a moment it didn’t register. “Got what?” Peggy stammered.
“The part!” Amy danced into the room and made a grab for Peggy. “Hurry up! It’s Peter Grey! He’s downstairs in the living room with Pam Mundy. He told me to tell you that they’re ready to offer you the part of general understudy in Innocent Laughter. He wants to talk to you about it right now. Oh, Peggy, Peggy! All that worrying for nothing. You got the part!”
VII
Peggy Turns Detective
Peggy found Pam Mundy and Peter Grey sitting on one of the sofas in the big living room of the Gramercy Arms. When Peggy walked through the door, Peter jumped up and held out his hand.
“Congratulations,” he said. “We thought we’d come around and tell you the good news personally.”
Peggy took the offered hand and smiled. “I still don’t believe it,” she said. “You’re sure there’s no mistake?”
“Absolutely certain.”
Peggy smiled a second time and went over to sit beside Pam. “And you’re the one who started it all,” she said.
Pam, who was a petite brunette with a quick, vivacious manner, leaned her head back against the sofa and laughed. “That,” she said, “was what they call a stroke of genius.”