I am going to church with Uncle and Aunt after this , and to the Missionary Society meetings . And Uncle Thomas says that he will send me to a boarding school in town this winter if you think it advisable . '' Eric vetoed this promptly . The idea of Kilmeny in a boarding school was something that could not be thought about without laughter . `` I ca n't see why she ca n't learn all she needs to learn after she is married to me , just as well as before , '' he grumbled to her uncle and aunt . `` But we want to keep her with us for another winter yet , '' explained Thomas Gordon patiently . `` We are going to miss her terrible when she does go , Master . She has never been away from us for a day -- she is all the brightness there is in our lives . It is very kind of you to say that she can come home whenever she likes , but there will be a great difference . She will belong to your world and not to ours . That is for the best -- and we would n't have it otherwise . But let us keep her as our own for this one winter yet . '' Eric yielded with the best grace he could muster . After all , he reflected , Lindsay was not so far from Queenslea , and there were such things as boats and trains . `` Have you told your father about all this yet ? '' asked Janet anxiously . No , he had not . But he went home and wrote a full account of his summer to old Mr. Marshall that night . Mr. Marshall , Senior , answered the letter in person . A few days later , Eric , coming home from school , found his father sitting in Mrs. Williamson 's prim , fleckless parlour .
Nothing was said XXXXX Eric 's letter , however , until after tea .
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