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Patty wailed . `` I 've wanted all my life to see a burglar . '' * * * * * Two weeks later , a groom arrived on horseback with a polite note for the Dowager . Mr. Weatherby presented his compliments to Mrs. Trent , and desired the pleasure of showing the young ladies of the Senior class through his art gallery on Friday next at four o'clock . The Dowager was at a loss to account for this gratuitous courtesy on the part of her hitherto unneighborly neighbor . After a moment of deliberation , she decided to meet him half way ; and the groom rode back with an equally polite acceptance . On Friday next , as the school hearse turned in at the gates of Weatherby Hall , the owner stood on the portico waiting to welcome his guests .