Lucky Peer - Part V

With great fanfare, the morning paper told of the debut as something out of the ordinary, the drama critic reserving his privilege of expressing his opinion in a following issue. The merchant invited Peer and the singing master to a grand dinner. It was an observance -- a testimony of his and his wife's interest in the young man, who had been born in the house, in the same year and on the very same day as their own son.