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Those two young men were now Stella 's co-workers in the grand field of removing bondage . The other way in which Stella was very busy was in following a certain course of mental and spiritual exercise as marked out for her by Penloe . When the three months had expired , Mr. Wheelwright took Stella up to the pines within one mile of Penloe 's cabin . They arrived there at four in the afternoon . Stella told her father to satisfy him that she would go up to Penloe 's cabin , and then come right back and stay with him over night , and in the morning after he was gone Penloe would come down and take her and her valise up with him . Her father not being sure about the mental telegraphy carried on between Stella and Penloe , wanted to make sure Penloe was there and all right before he left his daughter . It was Penloe 's wish for no person to come near his cabin except Stella .