I ca n't tell you how sorry I am . I had hoped for something very different . HOPED ! I have PRAYED for it . Thomas and I are getting old and it has weighed on my mind for years -- what was to become of Kilmeny when we would be gone . Since you came I had hoped she would have a protector in you . But if Kilmeny says she will not marry you I am afraid she 'll stick to it . '' `` But she loves me , '' cried the young man , `` and if you and her uncle speak to her -- urge her -- perhaps you can influence her -- '' `` No , Master , it would n't be any use . Oh , we will , of course , but it will not be any use . Kilmeny is as determined as her mother when once she makes up her mind . She has always been good and obedient for the most part , but once or twice we have found out that there is no moving her if she does resolve upon anything . When her mother died Thomas and I wanted to take her to church . We could not prevail on her to go . We did not know why then , but now I suppose it was because she believed she was so very ugly . It is because she thinks so much of you that she will not marry you . She is afraid you would come to repent having married a dumb girl . Maybe she is right -- maybe she is right . '' `` I can not give her up , '' said Eric stubbornly . `` Something must be done . Perhaps her defect can be remedied even yet .
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