It was very brief and blotted with tears . `` Do not come any more , Eric , '' it ran . `` I must not see you , because it would only make it harder for us both . You must go away and forget me . You will be thankful for this some day . I shall always love and pray for you . '' `` KILMENY . '' `` I MUST see her , '' said Eric desperately . `` Aunt Janet , be my friend . Tell her she must see me for a little while at least . '' Janet shook her head but went upstairs . She soon returned . `` She says she can not come down . You know she means it , Master , and it is of no use to coax her . And I must say I think she is right . Since she will not marry you it is better for her not to see you . '' Eric was compelled to go home with no better comfort than this . In the morning , as it was Sunday , he drove David Baker to the station . He had not slept and he looked so miserable and reckless that David felt anxious about him . David would have stayed in Lindsay for a few days , but a certain critical case in Queenslea demanded his speedy return .
He shook hands with XXXXX on the station platform .
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