and if she saw ...
anybody struggling along under burdens she would be glad to share, and she knew because of that he didn't mean to ask her ...

You think she ought not to let him know ?" "I think it wouldn't be best," said Peter.
"You think the man would despise her ?" "Not that; but if he liked her a little ...

he might consent to it ...
just because he liked her and was tired maybe ...

and that wouldn't be good for either of them." "Well, anyway, it doesn't concern either of us," said Miss Havens.
The next evening as Peter was letting himself in at his own door--he had moved to the second floor front by this time--Mrs.Blodgett stopped him.
"Miss Havens left her regards for you," she explained.

"She went to-day." "Oh," said Peter, "wasn't it sudden ?" "Sort of.