\"Diditseemtoconvincehim？\"inquiredPenelope。
Hermotherdidnotreply。\"Iknowonething，\"shesaid。
\"He’sgottotellmeeveryword，orthere’llbenosleepforhimTHISnight。\"
\"Well，ma’am，\"saidPenelope，breakingdowninoneofherqueerlaughs，\"Ishouldn’tbeabitsurprisedifyouwereright。\"
\"Goonanddress，Irene，\"orderedhermother，\"andthenyouandPencomeoutintotheparlour。Theycanhavejusttwohoursforbusiness，andthenwemustallbetheretoreceivehim。Youhaven’tgotheadacheenoughtohurtyou。\"