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`` I 've been penned behind the bars too long , '' she thought . Arthur 's selfish , artistic absorption in his musical work and needless indifference to the development of her own gifts must count no longer . She was free , and she meant to remain so as long as she lived . Then she went to the elevated railroad and entered a down-town train , left it at Cortlandt Street , reached the Pennsylvania depot before midday , and in the waiting-room met Paul Goddard . A few minutes later they were on the Philadelphia train . The second chapter of Ellenora Vibert 's life began -- and most happily . Paul Goddard , after he had returned from Bayreuth , gave his musical friends much pain by his indifference to old tastes .