Is there any reason why you should not call me Kilmeny ? '' `` No reason whatever , if you will allow me the privilege . You have a very lovely name -- the very name you ought to have . '' `` I am glad you like it . Do you know that I was called after my grandmother and she was called after a girl in a poem ? Aunt Janet has never liked my name , although she liked my grandmother . But I am glad you like both my name and me . I was afraid you would not like me because I can not speak . '' `` You can speak through your music , Kilmeny . '' She looked pleased . `` How well you understand , '' she wrote . `` Yes , I can not speak or sing as other people can , but I can make my violin say things for me . '' `` Do you compose your own music ? '' he asked . But he saw she did not understand him . `` I mean , did any one ever teach you the music you played here that evening ? '' `` Oh , no . It just came as I thought . It has always been that way . When I was very little Neil taught me to hold the violin and the bow , and the rest all came of itself .
My violin once belonged XXXXX Neil , but he gave it to me .
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