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`` I might as well have gone as not , '' he repeated , till his wife lost her patience . `` Well , you shall go to-morrow , Silas , if you have to be carried to the boat . '' `` I declare , '' said Penelope , `` the Colonel do n't pet worth a cent . '' The six o'clock boat brought Corey . The girls were sitting on the piazza , and Irene saw him first . `` O Pen ! '' she whispered , with her heart in her face ; and Penelope had no time for mockery before he was at the steps .