It is awesome , that is what it is . Janet , woman , I feel as if I were in a dream . Can Kilmeny really speak ? '' `` Indeed I can , Uncle , '' said Kilmeny , with a rapturous glance at Eric . `` Oh , I do n't know how it came to me -- I felt that I MUST speak -- and I did . And it is so easy now -- it seems to me as if I could always have done it . '' She spoke naturally and easily . The only difficulty which she seemed to experience was in the proper modulation of her voice . Occasionally she pitched it too high -- again , too low . But it was evident that she would soon acquire perfect control of it . It was a beautiful voice -- very clear and soft and musical . `` Oh , I am so glad that the first word I said was your name , dearest , '' she murmured to Eric . `` What about Neil ? '' asked Thomas Gordon gravely , rousing himself with an effort from his abstraction of wonder . `` What are we to do with him when he returns ? In one way this is a sad business . '' Eric had almost forgotten about Neil in his overwhelming amazement and joy . The realization of his escape from sudden and violent death had not yet had any opportunity to take possession of his thoughts . `` We must forgive him , Mr. Gordon . I know how I should feel towards a man who took Kilmeny from me .
It was an evil impulse to which he gave XXXXX in his suffering -- and think of the good which has resulted from it . ''
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