It gives me a shiver whenever I think of it . Oh , Master , the Good Book is right when it says the sins of the parents are visited on the children . There is n't a truer word in it than that from cover to cover . '' `` What , in heaven 's name , is the meaning of all this ? '' exclaimed Eric . `` Tell me what it is . I must know the whole truth about Kilmeny . Do not torment me . '' `` I am going to tell you the story , Master , though it will be like opening an old wound . No living person knows it but Thomas and me . When you hear it you will understand why Kilmeny ca n't speak , and why it is n't likely that there can ever be anything done for her . She does n't know the truth and you must never tell her . It is n't a fit story for her ears , especially when it is about her mother . Promise me that you will never tell her , no matter what may happen . '' `` I promise . Go on -- go on , '' said the young man feverishly . Janet Gordon locked her hands together in her lap , like a woman who nerves herself to some hateful task . She looked very old ; the lines on her face seemed doubly deep and harsh . `` My sister Margaret was a very proud , high-spirited girl , Master . But I would not have you think she was unlovable .
No , no , that would be doing a great injustice XXXXX her memory .
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