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 "Marrying Peter."

"Oh. Do you really want to know?" He nodded. "Well, then, because he is a man, in spite of his laziness, and because I hope to be able to care a great deal for him in time."

"I'm glad," he said simply. "I rather love old Peter."

"Just Peter, please."

Gordon looked his inquiry.

"Because after I marry him he will not be 'old Peter' any more to any one. Have you noticed any change in him yet, Gordon?"

"He is supremely happy, Fair Lady.*"

She shrugged her shoulders. "Nothing else? I hoped you had. The fact is, Gordon, that Peter is changing and doesn't know it. A year from now you won't think of calling him 'old Peter.' Peter's dawdling days are almost over." She was silent a moment. "Poor old Peter," she murmured.

They laughed together.

"He won't like it at first," she reflected. "He's so used to being a lizard, you see."

"A lizard?"