I thought you 'd be so surprised -- and I meant to go before you came home , of course . '' `` I would n't have been surprised , '' said Peter , shaking hands . `` I saw you go past the field and I tied the horses and followed you down through the woods . I 've been sitting on the fence back yonder , watching your comings and goings . '' `` Why did n't you come and speak to me at church yesterday , Peter ? '' demanded Nancy boldly . `` I was afraid I would say something ungrammatical , '' answered Peter drily . The crimson flamed over Nancy 's face again . She pulled her hand away . `` That 's cruel of you , Peter . '' Peter suddenly laughed . There was a note of boyishness in the laughter . `` So it is , '' he said , `` but I had to get rid of the accumulated malice and spite of twenty years somehow . It 's all gone now , and I 'll be as amiable as I know how . But since you have gone to the trouble of getting my supper for me , Nancy , you must stay and help me eat it . Them strawberries look good . I have n't had any this summer -- been too busy to pick them . '' Nancy stayed . She sat at the head of Peter 's table and poured his tea for him . She talked to him wittily of the Avonlea people and the changes in their old set .
Peter followed her lead with an apparent absence of self-consciousness , eating his supper like a man whose heart and mind were alike XXXXX good terms with him .
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