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They accepted , and went to their hotel to dress , and Uncle went to his room without one word of any kind to me . They came , and we had a very nice dinner in a little separate room , and the way Mr. Peters talked to Uncle was worth listening to surely . And when Uncle was talking , he leaned forward and paid attention as if his life depended on every word . By ten o'clock Uncle was happier than I have almost ever seen him , and Mr. Peters said it was no use , we just simply must join their party and go on in the automobile . Lee began to laugh when he said that , and said : `` Now , Peters , you 'll learn the sensation of getting turned down cold . '' It was an awful second for me , because I just felt Uncle 's terrible battle between not wanting to go on with Lee and wanting to contradict him ; but in the end the wanting to contradict overpowered everything else , and he said : `` Young man , when you are as old as I am you 'll be less ready to speak for other people than you seem disposed to do now . '' -LSB- Illustration : `` We passed Elfrida and her sister to-day , pedaling along for dear life '' -RSB- And then he accepted Mr. Peters 's invitation !