Yet he did not despair ; he could not believe that she would adhere to such a resolution ; he felt sure that her love for him would eventually conquer , and he went home not unhappily after all . He did not understand that it was the very intensity of her love which gave her the strength to resist his pleading , where a more shallow affection might have yielded . It held her back unflinchingly from doing him what she believed to be a wrong . CHAPTER XV . AN OLD , UNHAPPY , FAR-OFF THING The next day Eric sought Kilmeny again and renewed his pleadings , but again in vain . Nothing he could say , no argument which he could advance , was of any avail against her sad determination . When he was finally compelled to realize that her resolution was not to be shaken , he went in his despair to Janet Gordon . Janet listened to his story with concern and disappointment plainly visible on her face . When he had finished she shook her head . `` I 'm sorry , Master . I ca n't tell you how sorry I am . I had hoped for something very different . HOPED ! I have PRAYED for it . Thomas and I are getting old and it has weighed on my mind for years -- what was to become of Kilmeny when we would be gone . Since you came I had hoped she would have a protector in you . But if Kilmeny says she will not marry you I am afraid she 'll stick to it . '' `` But she loves me , '' cried the young man , `` and if you and her uncle speak to her -- urge her -- perhaps you can influence her -- '' `` No , Master , it would n't be any use . Oh , we will , of course , but it will not be any use . Kilmeny is as determined as her mother when once she makes up her mind .
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