Finally he halted before Eric . `` So you have done what I foreboded all along you would do -- left your common sense behind you when you went courting . '' `` If I did , '' said Eric quietly , `` I took with me something better and nobler than common sense . '' David shrugged his shoulders . `` You 'll have hard work to convince me of that , Eric . '' `` No , it will not be difficult at all . I have one argument that will convince you speedily -- and that is Kilmeny Gordon herself . But we will not discuss the matter of my wisdom or lack of it just now . What I want to know is this -- what do you think of the case as I have stated it to you ? '' David frowned thoughtfully . `` I hardly know what to think . It is very curious and unusual , but it is not totally unprecedented . There have been cases on record where pre-natal influences have produced a like result . I can not just now remember whether any were ever cured . Well , I 'll see if anything can be done for this girl . I can not express any further opinion until I have examined her . '' The next morning Eric took David up to the Gordon homestead . As they approached the old orchard a strain of music came floating through the resinous morning arcades of the spruce wood -- a wild , sorrowful , appealing cry , full of indescribable pathos , yet marvelously sweet . `` What is that ? '' exclaimed David , starting .
`` That is Kilmeny playing XXXXX her violin , '' answered Eric .
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