Oh , Master , if Margaret was too proud she got it from no stranger . And her misfortune cut him to the heart . He never spoke a word to us here for more than three days after he heard of it . He sat in the corner there with bowed head and would not touch bite or sup . He had not been very willing for her to marry Ronald Fraser ; and when she came home in disgrace she had not set foot over the threshold before he broke out railing at her . Oh , I can see her there at the door this very minute , Master , pale and trembling , clinging to Thomas 's arm , her great eyes changing from sorrow and shame to wrath . It was just at sunset and a red ray came in at the window and fell right across her breast like a stain of blood . `` Father called her a hard name , Master . Oh , he was too hard -- even though he was my father I must say he was too hard on her , broken-hearted as she was , and guilty of nothing more after all than a little willfulness in the matter of her marriage . `` And father was sorry for it -- Oh , Master , the word was n't out of his mouth before he was sorry for it . But the mischief was done . Oh , I 'll never forget Margaret 's face , Master ! It haunts me yet in the black of the night . It was full of anger and rebellion and defiance . But she never answered him back . She clenched her hands and went up to her old room without saying a word , all those mad feelings surging in her soul , and being held back from speech by her sheer , stubborn will . And , Master , never a word did Margaret say from that day until after Kilmeny was born -- not one word , Master . Nothing we could do for her softened her . And we were kind to her , Master , and gentle with her , and never reproached her by so much as a look . But she would not speak to anyone .
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