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 in my worrying over it . But I do wish he had never gone back to that old orchard and seen her . '' CHAPTER XI . A LOVER AND HIS LASS Kilmeny was in the orchard when Eric reached it , and he lingered for a moment in the shadow of the spruce wood to dream over her beauty . The orchard had lately overflowed in waves of old-fashioned caraway , and she was standing in the midst of its sea of bloom , with the lace-like blossoms swaying around her in the wind . She wore the simple dress of pale blue print in which he had first seen her ; silk attire could not better have become her loveliness . She had woven herself a chaplet of half open white rosebuds and placed it on her dark hair , where the delicate blossoms seemed less wonderful than her face . When Eric stepped through the gap she ran to meet him with outstretched hands , smiling .
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