when Miss Carson accompanied them home, waiting discretely down- stairs while Mrs. Cooper ushered him upstairs into the waiting con- fines of his other wardrobe.
Miss Carson was “enchanted” —Peter was "nauseated."
The long long summer loomed ominously in front of him with no sign of alleviation. However, after several weeks, Peter found that it was not so bad as he had anticipated. Not that it was very good but at least it was bearable. The feminine clothing ceased being an agony, being more in the order of a nuisance, for Mrs. Cooper had insisted he take care of them as well as his own personal grooming. The latter became more of a problem, for Mrs. Cooper steadfastly refused to let him get his haircut and the long mass of hair was not only hot, it was full of snarls and the very devil to keep clean.
The greatest surprise of the summer came through the ministrations of Miss Carson. That devoted soul cheerfully gave several hours a day to the struggling student, and under her careful and competent tutelage, he overcame the difficulties he had been faced with and to his surprise found himself very near to enjoying the schoolwork. Of course, part of this was due to the absence of the restricting confines of a classroom with its distracting constraints.
Furthermore, Miss Carson went so far as to suggest Peter come to her place on different days; the first few times, she had to escort him there, but eventually he went alone.
The summer was about half over when the boss's wife called one afternoon "to see how that darling boy" was coming. She and Miss Carson greeted each other familiarly for "Miss Carson here did so much to help us with our son, too, you know!" Peter remained oddly calm under her close inspection of him.
It was about the time when Mr. Cooper began talking of vacation plans that a hint of uneasiness came over both of Peter's parents. There was the problem of what to do about Peter; they weren't sure they did not want to disrupt his progress in his make-up school work, but on the other hand, they felt they would be needlessly cruel in deny- ing him the chance to accompany them. They talked it over at some length but reached no firm decision although vacation was only a week away.
The following day, Mrs. Cooper spoke to Miss Carson about it. Miss Carson felt that Peter had made great strides and should be ac-
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