The doctor is with him now." "What did the fool get up for ?" She did not mean to surrender too quickly about Jack despite his heroism--not to Peter, at any rate.

Then, again, she half suspected that Ruth's tears were equally divided between the rescuer and the rescued.
"He couldn't help it, I suppose," answered Peter, with a gleam in his eyes--"he was born that way." "Born! What stuff, Peter--no man of any common-sense would have--" "I quite agree with you, my dear--no man except a gentleman.

There is no telling what one of that kind might do under such circumstances." And with a wave of his hand and a twinkle in his merry scotch-terrier eyes, the old fellow disappeared below the handrail.
Miss Felicia leaned over the banisters: "Peter, PETER," she called after him, "where are you going ?" "To stay all night with Jack." "Well, that's the most sensible thing I have heard of yet.

Will you take him a message from me ?" Peter looked up: "Yes, Felicia, what is it ?" "Give him my love.".