"I will bid you goodby," he said, with an effort at lofty courtesy, "and I will leave my adieux for your friends with you." "Are you going--back to the States ?" stammered Lucy.
"Yes, I am going back to the States," he replied sternly.

"A man of merit there has his place, regardless of rank.

Jem Perry can hold his head there as high as any beggarly prince.

Farewell, Miss Dunbar." He strode down the path and disappeared.

Lucy shook her head and cried from sheer wretchedness.