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he said kindly , and the girl replied in true child fashion , `` Candy . '' He shook his head . `` You know I do n't approve of much candy for small girls ; but you shall have something better , '' he said , `` you may be sure I wo n't forget , '' and with another good-by he was gone . He took the midnight train for Boston , and his patient 's motor car was waiting for him when he arrived there . Perhaps it was the excitement of thinking what the `` something better '' could be that kept Alice Bell awake that night ; whatever it was , when Silvia Holland saw her the next morning her heart sank . She had a feeling that she was in some way responsible for the child also , and that she was still Dr. Earl 's assistant . She watched her while she talked to Mrs. Bell , and suggested , in a tentative way , that Mrs. Bell should go to some quiet country place for a month , but the woman shook her head .