You can do no good in Lindsay now , and you 'll only eat your heart out here . '' `` I must see Kilmeny once more before I leave , '' was all Eric 's answer . That afternoon he went again to the Gordon homestead . But the result was the same ; Kilmeny refused to see him , and Thomas Gordon said gravely , `` Master , you know I like you and I am sorry Kilmeny thinks as she does , though maybe she is right . I would be glad to see you often for your own sake and I 'll miss you much ; but as things are I tell you plainly you 'd better not come here any more . It will do no good , and the sooner you and she get over thinking about each other the better for you both . Go now , lad , and God bless you . '' `` Do you know what it is you are asking of me ? '' said Eric hoarsely . `` I know I am asking a hard thing for your own good , Master . It is not as if Kilmeny would ever change her mind . We have had some experience with a woman 's will ere this . Tush , Janet , woman , do n't be weeping . You women are foolish creatures . Do you think tears can wash such things away ? No , they can not blot out sin , or the consequences of sin . It 's awful how one sin can spread out and broaden , till it eats into innocent lives , sometimes long after the sinner has gone to his own accounting . Master , if you take my advice , you 'll give up the Lindsay school and go back to your own world as soon as may be . '' CHAPTER XVII . A BROKEN FETTER Eric went home with a white , haggard face .
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