`` We are going to miss her terrible when she does go , Master . She has never been away from us for a day -- she is all the brightness there is in our lives . It is very kind of you to say that she can come home whenever she likes , but there will be a great difference . She will belong to your world and not to ours . That is for the best -- and we would n't have it otherwise . But let us keep her as our own for this one winter yet . '' Eric yielded with the best grace he could muster . After all , he reflected , Lindsay was not so far from Queenslea , and there were such things as boats and trains . `` Have you told your father about all this yet ? '' 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 XXXXX it ?
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