It will be my sweet task to teach her what love means , and no man has ever had a lovelier , purer , pupil . '' At the annual school meeting , the next afternoon , the trustees asked Eric to take the Lindsay school for the following year . He consented unhesitatingly . That evening he went to Mrs. Williamson , as she washed her tea dishes in the kitchen . `` Mrs. Williamson , I am going back to the old Connors orchard to see Kilmeny again to-night . '' She looked at him reproachfully . `` Well , Master , I have no more to say . I suppose it would n't be of any use if I had . But you know what I think of it . '' `` I intend to marry Kilmeny Gordon if I can win her . '' An expression of amazement came into the good woman 's face . She looked scrutinizingly at the firm mouth and steady gray eyes for a moment . Then she said in a troubled voice , `` Do you think that is wise , Master ? I suppose Kilmeny is pretty ; the egg peddler told me she was ; and no doubt she is a good , nice girl . But she would n't be a suitable wife for you -- a girl that ca n't speak . '' `` That does n't make any difference to me . '' `` But what will your people say ? '' `` I have no ` people ' except my father . When he sees Kilmeny he will understand . She is all the world to me , Mrs. Williamson . ''
`` As long as you believe that there is nothing more to be said , '' was the quiet answer , `` I 'd be a little bit afraid XXXXX I was you , though .
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