On one level, it worked. Peter took a renewed interest in English lessons. His inflection and pitch improved, and he could clearly pronounce simple words like ball, hello, and hi. He started talking in “humanoid” language when he was alone. When Howe talked on the telephone to people outside the wet lab, Peter became jealous and would speak English words louder to get her attention. When Peter approached her with an erection, she recalled, “I feel extremely flattered at Peter’s patience with me in all this … and am delighted to be so obviously ‘wooed’ by this dolphin.”
