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He was concerned with his superiors , and his superiors only . At all times they were more than sufficient to trouble with , and his whole anxiety was turned in their direction now , in view of his terrible failure of the night before . Thus he was forced to witness the signs about him , and content himself with the knowledge that he had been bluffed , while he cast about in his troubled mind for a means of appeasing his superior 's official wrath . The church committee was to assemble at Mrs. John Day 's house at ten o'clock , and the hour passed without a shadow of a quorum being formed . Kate Seton , the honorary secretary , was the only member , besides the president , who put in an appearance at the appointed hour . So Mrs. Day thrust on her bonnet , and , with every artificial flower in its crown shaking with indignation , set out to `` round-up '' the members . O'Brien was impossible .