[Peter by F. Hopkinson Smith]@TWC D-Link bookPeter CHAPTER VI 8/25
That's why that dinner last night made such an impression on me.
Nobody said money once." "But every one of those men had his own hobby--" "Yes, but in my uncle's world they all ride one and the same horse. I don't want to be a pessimist, Mr.Grayson, and I want you to set me straight if I am wrong, but Mr.Morris and every one of those men about him were the first men I've seen in New York who appear to me to be doing the things that will live after them.
What are we doing down-town? Gambling the most of us." "But your life here isn't confined to your uncle and his stock-gambling friends.
Surely these lovely young girls--two of them came in with me--" and Peter smiled, "must make your life delightful." Jack's eyes sought the floor, then he answered slowly: "I hope you won't think me a cad, but--No, I'm not going to say a word about them, only I can't get accustomed to them and there's no use of my saying that I can.
I couldn't treat any girl the way they are treated here.
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