Possibly they do know already . Kilmeny may have told them . '' Mrs. Williamson shook her head decidedly . `` No , no , Master , she has n't . They 'd never have let her go on meeting you there if they had known . I know them too well to think of that for a moment . Go you straight to them and say to them just what you have said to me . That is your best plan , Master . And take care of Neil . People say he has a notion of Kilmeny himself . He 'll do you a bad turn if he can , I 've no doubt . Them foreigners ca n't be trusted -- and he 's just as much a foreigner as his parents before him -- though he HAS been brought up on oatmeal and the shorter catechism , as the old saying has it . I feel that somehow -- I always feel it when I look at him singing in the choir . '' `` Oh , I am not afraid of Neil , '' said Eric carelessly . `` He could n't help loving Kilmeny -- nobody could . '' `` I suppose every young man thinks that about his girl -- if he 's the right sort of young man , '' said Mrs. Williamson with a little sigh . She watched Eric out of sight anxiously . `` I hope it 'll all come out right , '' she thought . `` I hope he ai n't making an awful mistake -- but -- I 'm afraid . Kilmeny must be very pretty to have bewitched him so .
Well , I suppose there is no use XXXXX my worrying over it .
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