It is a serious matter to charge any one with so grave a crime as changling, but Peter laid himself open to it, for when he came back, after two weeks, he returned very different children to the parents.

The fact that they did not prosecute for the substitution only proves how little the really poor care for their offspring.
But this was not his only summering.

He spent four days with the Costells, as well as two afternoons later, thoroughly enjoying, not merely the long, silent drives over the country behind the fast horses, but the pottering round the flower-garden with Mrs.Costell.He had been reading up a little on flowers and gardening, and he was glad to swap his theoretical for her practical knowledge.

Candor compels the statement that he enjoyed the long hours stretched on the turf, or sitting idly on the veranda, puffing Mr.Costell's good Havanas.
Twice Mr.Bohlmann stopped at Peter's office of a Saturday and took him out to stay over Sunday at his villa in one of the Oranges.

The family all liked Peter and did not hesitate to show it.