10/13 They wanted to hear about "the case," so Peter patiently went over that well-worn subject. Perhaps he had his pay by being asked to call upon both. More probably the requests were due to what Mrs.Purple had said of him during the smoking time: "He seems such a nice, solid, sensible fellow. I wish some of you would ask him to call on you. He has no friends, apparently." The dinner at Justice Gallagher's was a horse of a very different color. |