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 . She just sat in her room most of the time and stared at the wall with such awful eyes . Father implored her to speak and forgive him , but she never gave any sign that she heard him . `` I have n't come to the worst yet , Master . Father sickened and took to his bed . Margaret would not go in to see him . Then one night Thomas and I were watching by him ; it was about eleven o'clock . All at once he said , '' ` Janet , go up and tell the lass ' -- he always called Margaret that -- it was a kind of pet name he had for her -- ` that I 'm deein ' and ask her to come down and speak to me afore I 'm gone . ' `` Master , I went .
Margaret was sitting XXXXX her room all alone in the cold and dark , staring at the wall .
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