12/20 "But I know it's only your good nature. She thinks of nothing and nobody but Peter. And--and, after all, when I get better manners, and all that, I shall be more of a companion to her. I'm very glad to go, if it wasn't for leaving _her_. She cares most for the boys, which is very natural, no doubt, as I was only an afterthought, and nobody wanted me. |