Far be it from man to say why the second attracts.

So Dorothy liked Peter.

She admired many qualities in him which she would not have tolerated in other men.

It is true that she laughed at him, too, for many things, but it was the laughter of that peculiar nature which implies admiration and approval, rather than the lower feelings.

When the spring separation came, Miss De Voe was really quite hopeful.
"I think things have gone very well.