Section 40Peter had been made so bold by Nell’s flattery and whatshe had said about his importance, that he did notgo back toMcGivney to take his second scolding about the Lackman case. He wasgetting tired of McGivney’s scoldings; if McGivneydidn’t like his work, let McGivney go and be a Red for awhile himself. Peter walked the streets all day and a part of thenight, thinking about Nell, and thrilling over the half promisesshe had made him.
They met next day in the park. No one was following them, andthey found a solitary place, and Nell let him kiss her severaltimes, and in between the kisses she unfolded to him a terrifyingplan. Peter had thought that he was something of an intriguer, buthis self-esteem shriveled to nothingness in the presence of thesuperb conception which had come to r
