asked Janet anxiously . No , he had not . But he went home and wrote a full account of his summer to old Mr. Marshall that night . Mr. Marshall , Senior , answered the letter in person . A few days later , Eric , coming home from school , found his father sitting in Mrs. Williamson 's prim , fleckless parlour . Nothing was said about Eric 's letter , however , until after tea . When they found themselves alone , Mr. Marshall said abruptly , `` Eric , what about this girl ? I hope you have n't gone and made a fool of yourself . It sounds remarkably like it . A girl that has been dumb all her life -- a girl with no right to her father 's name -- a country girl brought up in a place like Lindsay ! Your wife will have to fill your mother 's place , -- and your mother was a pearl among women . Do you think this girl is worthy of it ? It is n't possible ! You 've been led away by a pretty face and dairy maid freshness . I expected some trouble out of this freak of yours coming over here to teach school . '' `` Wait until you see Kilmeny , father , '' said Eric , smiling . `` Humph ! That 's just exactly what David Baker said . I went straight to him when I got your letter , for I knew that there was some connection between it and that mysterious visit of his over here , concerning which I never could drag a word out of him by hook or crook . And all HE said was , ` Wait until you see Kilmeny Gordon , sir . '
Well , I WILL wait till I see her , but I shall look at her with the eyes of sixty-five , mind you , not the eyes XXXXX twenty-four .
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