I don't think he cares for it at all." "No," said Lispenard.

"Barkis is not willin'.

I think he likes you, and simply goes to please you." "Do you really think that's it ?" Lispenard laughed at the earnestness with which the question was asked.
"No," he replied.

"I was joking.

Peter cultivates you, because he wants to know your swell friends." Either this conversation or Miss De Voe's own thoughts, led to a change in her course.