'Good old Peter,' he remarked to the still hot afternoon (was it yet afternoon?

"But from the sword I take it he is one of old Peter's wolfhounds."

The machinery probably began automatically; Beale reported it later to old Peter.

I wonder if old Peter had an account there.

You remember how chummy old Peter was at dinner?

"I see you're still the same old Peter," said he.

For old Peter, a formal petition from the city he had been born in.

As they drew to a halt outside the house, old Peter came hurrying out to meet them.

No longer angled into the wind to provide trim, it had been feathered and would remain so unless old Peter succeeded.

I had forgotten that old Peter had given us another of his two hour notices.