He did n't know anything about Marcella 's character , and he thought that a new life out in the great world would soon blot out her fancy . After the first outburst of tears and prayers Marcella took it very calmly , as far as outward eye could see . She was as cool and dignified and stately as a young queen . On the night before she went away she came over to say good-bye to me . She did not even shed any tears , but the look in her eyes told of bitter hurt . `` It is goodbye for five years , Miss Tranquil , '' she said steadily . `` When I am twenty-one I will come back . That is the only promise I can make . They will not let me write to John or Aunt Sara and I will do nothing underhanded . But I will not forget and I will come back . '' Richard Barry would not even let her see Doctor John alone again . She had to bid him good-bye beneath the cold , contemptuous eyes of the man of the world . So there was just a hand-clasp and one long deep look between them that was tenderer than any kiss and more eloquent than any words . `` I will come back when I am twenty-one , '' said Marcella . And I saw Richard Barry smile . So Marcella went away and in all Bridgeport there were only two people who believed she would ever return . There is no keeping a secret in Bridgeport , and everybody knew all about the love affair between Marcella and the doctor and about the promise she had made . Everybody sympathized with the doctor because everybody believed he had lost his sweetheart . `` For of course she 'll never come back , '' said Mrs. Riddell to me . `` She 's only a child and she 'll soon forget him .
She 's to be sent to school and taken abroad and between times she 'll live with the Richard Barrys ; and they move , XXXXX everyone knows , in the very highest and gayest circles .
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