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"Croaker, good old Croaker, come down and I'll get you a cookie," Erie begged.,After a great deal of good-humored bickering and sifting of requests to suit Patricia's repertoire, the tumult gradually quieted and Patricia rose.,Maurice squirmed. "It seemed a lot longer than two weeks," he said faintly.,Over beside the table, Mrs. Wilson watched him from somber eyes.,Patricia shook her head decisively.,"You have remembered something that I said, for eleven days?" he says, quickly.,"I hardly think I follow you," says Geoffrey, in a frozen tone. "In regard to what would you wish your servants deceived?","I will send a boat aboard of you!" was the shout which immediately followed Weaver's response. "Shorten sail, or shake the way out of her as you please!","Yet I think you should have told me," she whispers, as a last fading censure. "Do you know you have made me very unhappy?","A pretty name, too.",Griffin, who was winking at her behind Elinor's back in a particularly portentous fashion, turned to the door.,"Well, fer the land sakes alive, Maurice!" she cried. "It is good to see you up ag'in. You've had a hard pull of it, poor lad. Dear heart! but it's thinned you a lot, too! Think of any mortal boy changin' so in two short weeks.".