` What is it , dear , dear Peter ? ' she said , wondering . ' O Maimie , ' he cried , ` it is n't fair to take you with me if you think you can go back ! Your mother ' -- he gulped again -- ` you do n't know them as well as I do . ' And then he told her the woeful story of how he had been barred out , and she gasped all the time . ` But my mother , ' she said , ' my mother -- ' ` Yes , she would , ' said Peter , ` they are all the same . I dare say she is looking for another one already . ' Maimie said aghast , ' I ca n't believe it . You see , when you went away your mother had none , but my mother has Tony , and surely they are satisfied when they have one . ' Peter replied bitterly , ` You should see the letters Solomon gets from ladies who have six . ' Just then they heard a grating creak , followed by creak , creak , all round the Gardens . It was the Opening of the Gates , and Peter jumped nervously into his boat . He knew Maimie would not come with him now , and he was trying bravely not to cry . But Maimie was sobbing painfully . ` If I should be too late , ' she said in agony , ' O Peter , if she has got another one already ! ' Again he sprang ashore as if she had called him back . ' I shall come and look for you to-night , ' he said , squeezing close , ` but if you hurry away I think you will be in time . ' Then he pressed a last thimble on her sweet little mouth , and covered his face with his hands so that he might not see her go . ` Dear Peter ! ' she cried .
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