Section 23It had become a fascinating game, and Peter would never havetired of it, but for the fact that he had to stay all day in thehouse with little Jennie. A honeymoon is all right for a few weeks,but no man can stand it forever. Little Jennie apparently nevertired of being kissed, and never seemed satisfied thatPeterthoroughly loved her. A man got thru with his love-making afterawhile, but a woman, it appeared, never knew how to drop thesubject; she was always looking before and after, and figuringconsequences and responsibilities, her duty and her reputationandall the rest of it. Which, of course, was a bore.
Jennie was unhappy because she was deceiving Sadie; she wantedto tell Sadie, and yet somehow it was easier to go on concealingthan admit that one had concealed. Peter didn’t se
