Of course I couldn't ask Mother, or Aunt Hattie, after what _she_ said about my calling them prospective suitors.

And Grandfather--well, I should never think of asking Grandpa a question like that.

But Peter--Peter's a real comfort.

I'm sure I don't know what I should do for somebody to talk to and ask questions about things down here, if it wasn't for him.

As I think I've said already, he takes me to school and back again every day; so of course I see him quite a lot.
Speaking of school, it's all right, and of course I like it, though not quite so well as I did.