Come , let us go back to the orchard now . We must n't waste this rare evening in the house . There is going to be a sunset that we shall remember all our lives . The mirror will hang here . It is yours . Do n't look into it too often , though , or Aunt Janet will disapprove . She is afraid it will make you vain . '' Kilmeny gave one of her rare , musical laughs , which Eric never heard without a recurrence of the old wonder that she could laugh so when she could not speak . She blew an airy little kiss at her mirrored face and turned from it , smiling happily . On their way to the orchard they met Neil . He went by them with an averted face , but Kilmeny shivered and involuntarily drew nearer to Eric . `` I do n't understand Neil at all now , '' she wrote nervously . `` He is not nice , as he used to be , and sometimes he will not answer when I speak to him . And he looks so strangely at me , too . Besides , he is surly and impertinent to Uncle and Aunt . '' `` Do n't mind Neil , '' said Eric lightly . `` He is probably sulky because of some things I said to him when I found he had spied on us . '' That night before she went up stairs Kilmeny stole into the parlour for another glimpse of herself in that wonderful mirror by the light of a dim little candle she carried . She was still lingering there dreamily when Aunt Janet 's grim face appeared in the shadows of the doorway . `` Are you thinking about your own good looks , lassie ?
Ay , but remember that handsome is XXXXX handsome does , '' she said , with grudging admiration -- for the girl with her flushed cheeks and shining eyes was something that even dour Janet Gordon could not look upon unmoved .
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