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Quincy arranged with him to visit Eastborough on the following Thursday , and by calling a carriage managed to catch the half-past eleven train for that town , and reached his boarding place a little before two o'clock . He had arranged with the driver to wait for a letter that he wished to have mailed to Boston that same afternoon . He went in by the back door , and as he passed through the kitchen , Mandy made a sign , and he went to her . `` Hiram waited till one o'clock , '' said she , `` but he had to go home , and he wanted me to tell you that the surprise party is coming off next Monday night , and they are going to get there at seven o'clock , so as to have plenty of time for lots of fun , and Hiram suspects , '' and her voice fell to a whisper , `` that Strout is going to try and work the Deacon for that five hundred in cash to put up for the grocery store next Tuesday . That 's all , '' said she . `` Where is Miss Pettengill ? '' Quincy inquired .