Immediately she suspected the whole truth. Farnsworth
was a guest at this house,--of course he had sent Bob Peyton to her
rescue! Or, hadn't he? Could it have been possible that Mr. Peyton
found her unexpectedly? She didn't think so. She believed that
Little Billee had sent Peyton to her aid, because she had refused
his assistance. Of course, Bill had not foreseen the waitress joke,
and doubtless he was as much surprised to see her now as she was to
see him. Unless Mr. Peyton had told all the guests that he had found
a waitress along the road in a stalled motor-car!
Well, at any rate, Patty determined to go on with the farce to the
best of her ability. If Farnsworth thought he could rattle her, he
was very much mistaken. But she would not look at him again. If he
should smile at her, she knew she should smile, for she was on the
verge of laughing anyway. So the dinner proceeded. Patty did her
part beautifully, serving everything just exactly right and doing
everything just as it should be done. And not once during the long
dinner, did she catch the eye of either Farnsworth or Mr. Peyton.
Once or twice she looked at Mrs. Brewster with a note of inquiry in
her eyes, and that lady gave an almost imperceptible nod of
approval, so that Patty knew everything was going all right.
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