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`` Very well , '' said Mr. Parkman , `` we will stay if you like . Are you going to stay , Mr. George ? '' `` Yes , '' said Mr. George ; `` Rollo and I were going to stay till this afternoon . There is a boat to cross at four o'clock . '' It was about eleven o'clock in the morning when this conversation occurred . The porter stood by all the time with Mr. Parkman 's two trunks in his charge , waiting to have it decided when they were to go . `` I should think , sir , '' said the porter , `` that as you have a lady with you , you would find this boat better .