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to return. He expresses to her that he is glad she is feeling better, when she remembers that she was not present at the dinner. The begin discussing the book Tears-idle tears and discussing how it's an easy book to cry over. This is ironic when Penelope makes note of the part that states," and she happened to know that the other one cared for him first." This is ironic seeing that Penelope would not go to the dinner party because she had feelings for him and knew that it was an introduction for Irene. He later expresses that he loves Penelope and she is very shocked as she thought he loved Irene. This is interesting to me because she knows of her father's plan to get together Irene and Corey. Later the mother finds Penelope crying and Penelope explains to her mother that Mr. Corey offered himself to her last night. She cried that she was a nobody and no one cared for her and no one thought of her. She feels she is punished for it now considering she has always tried to help Irene with him even though she loved him. The mother goes on a buggy ride with Silas to explain what is going on. Silas claims that Penelope must marry Tom. He is pushing Irene's feelings aside for social position. This proves his character in a lot of ways. He will do almost anything he can do to get social status and be related to the Coreys. They further go to the minister with the matter, and he helps them understand that 99 out of 100 young people would consider that noble and beautiful and heroic, whereas you know at the bottom of your hearts that it would be foolish cruel and revolting. He then claims that