He might have run off then, and thus avoided a great many adventures to come, but the girl cried, “Wait! ” and he turned to face her. “Please, ” she implored from the window. “Don’t go. Come with us. I promise you won’t regret it.” For a moment, Peter stood in the road indecisively, staring into the girl’s eyes as if trying to penetrate a great mystery. Christopher Daniel Mechling
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