Oh , you do not mean it ? '' He pitied her for the pain and bewilderment in her eyes ; but he took her slender hands in his and said firmly , `` Yes , Kilmeny , I do mean it . It is not quite right for us to be meeting each other here as we have been doing , without the knowledge and consent of your friends . You can not now understand this , but -- believe me -- it is so . '' She looked questioningly , pityingly into his eyes . What she read there seemed to convince her , for she turned very pale and an expression of hopelessness came into her face . Releasing her hands , she wrote slowly , `` If you say it is wrong I must believe it . I did not know anything so pleasant could be wrong . But if it is wrong we must not meet here any more . Mother told me I must never do anything that was wrong . But I did not know this was wrong . '' `` It was not wrong for you , Kilmeny . But it was a little wrong for me , because I knew better -- or rather , should have known better . I did n't stop to think , as the children say . Some day you will understand fully . Now , you will take me to your uncle and aunt , and after I have said to them what I want to say it will be all right for us to meet here or anywhere . '' She shook her head . `` No , '' she wrote , `` Uncle Thomas and Aunt Janet will tell you to go away and never come back . And they will never let me come here any more . Since it is not right to meet you I will not come , but it is no use to think of going to them .
I did not tell them about you because I knew that they would forbid me XXXXX see you , but I am sorry , since it is so wrong . ''
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