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she said , and sobbed . `` He came just after breakfast and asked me to go out there with him . '' CHAPTER XII . The Room in the Cupola Mr. Carewe returned , one warm May afternoon , by the six o'clock boat , which was sometimes a day late and sometimes a few hours early ; the latter contingency arising , as in the present instance , when the owner was aboard . Nelson drove him from the wharf to the bank , where he conferred briefly , in an undertone , with Eugene Madrillon ; after which Eugene sent a note containing three words to Tappingham Marsh . Marsh tore up the note , and sauntered over to the club , where he found General Trumble and Jefferson Bareaud amicably discussing a pitcher of cherry bounce . `` He has come , '' said Tappingham , pleased to find the pair the only occupants of the place .