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Peter is a young man whom Mother engages to tutor Gerry. Though he's exacting at first, the culture of the island soon takes effect and he becomes much more reasonable and pleasant. Gerry observes that both Peter and Margo become suddenly and inexplicably interested in botany as evidenced by their walks in the garden together, but it soon becomes clear that Peter and Margo are involved romantically. When the rest of the family decides that they don't want to be related to Peter by marriage, Mother fires him.
Peter Quotes in My Family and Other Animals
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Part 2, Chapter 10 Quotes
With the summer came Peter to tutor me, a tall, handsome young man, fresh from Oxford, with decided ideas on education which I found rather trying to begin with. But gradually the atmosphere of the island worked its way insidiously under his skin, and he relaxed and became quite human.
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While I was at work on my masterpiece...Peter and Margo would take a stroll in the sunken garden to look at the flowers. To my surprise, they had both suddenly become very botanically minded.
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Peter Character Timeline in My Family and Other Animals
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Part 2, Chapter 10: The Pageant of Fireflies
...with fruit, butterflies lay eggs, and tree frogs sing as evening falls. A man named Peter arrives to tutor Gerry. He's difficult at first but after a few weeks, the island...
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Peter offers to show Gerry how to properly preserve animals if he can find another specimen,...
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Larry, Peter, Margo, Leslie, Gerry, and Roger begin taking the family boat, the Sea Cow, down to...
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Part 2, Chapter 11: The Enchanted Archipelago
Margo, Peter, Larry, and Leslie carry the Bootle-Bumtrinket to the jetty, where Gerry and Mother open a...
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Part 2, Chapter 12: The Woodcock Winter
When fall arrives, Gerry is delighted that Peter isn't doing much tutoring. Mother insists that Peter and Margo are much too fond of...
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...go off. Mother fears that Margo committed suicide, while Margo believes that Leslie is murdering Peter. In the ensuing melee, Widdle and Puke tug on Mother's nightgown, Larry yells about being...
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