And by
the time it is explained that it was all a joke (some people do have such a
nice sense of humour) he is all for rushing off to the registry-office,
_Judy_ agreeing.
Not that _Judy_ is a minx. She did her level best to make two people who
obviously didn't love one another fulfil their engagement, instead of, like
a sensible woman, accepting the inevitable, which was, as it happens, so
congenial to her. What puzzled me was _Peter's_ indignation with poor
_Milly_ when he found that she really didn't love him (but, on the
contrary, a bounder called _Crauford_), yet couldn't bear to cause him
unhappiness, and was sacrificing herself for him. As that was his attitude
precisely, I suppose he felt annoyed by this lack of originality. If we men
are like that, it wasn't nice of Mr. DENNY to give us away.
At any rate I am sure Mr. DONALD CALTHROP didn't believe in _Peter_ all the
time. When he did he was very good indeed. When he didn't he was horrid.
Did Miss IRIS HOEY believe in _Judy_? I am not so sure.
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