But even so , I thought she ought to have had a little more faith in Marcella . `` Oh , no , she 'll never come back , '' sobbed Miss Sara . `` Yes , I know she promised . But they 'll wean her away from me . She 'll have such a gay , splendid life she 'll not want to come back . Five years is a lifetime at her age . No , do n't try to comfort me , Miss Tranquil , because I wo n't be comforted ! '' When a person has made up her mind to be miserable you just have to let her be miserable . I almost dreaded to see Doctor John for fear he would be in despair , too , without any confidence in Marcella . But when he came I saw I need n't have worried . The light had all gone out of his eyes , but there was a calm , steady patience in them . `` She will come back to me , Miss Tranquil , '' he said . `` I know what people are saying , but that does not trouble me . They do not know Marcella as I do . She promised and she will keep her word -- keep it joyously and gladly , too . If I did not know that I would not wish its fulfilment . When she is free she will turn her back on that brilliant world and all it offers her and come back to me . My part is to wait and believe . '' So Doctor John waited and believed . After a little while the excitement died away and people forgot Marcella .
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