"In that case, perhaps we ought to make an appointment to go shopping," Peggy says, feeling a touch risqué and daring to even say it out loud, but perhaps she can treat herself this once. "It's not a bad idea for a woman to have that sort of thing in her arsenal, is it?"

"I do appreciate it," she adds, more sincerely, "all of it. The advice, the company, and the friendship a great deal."