Kilmeny of the Orchard 
     
    
   
   
    
     stopped worrying about them after they 
     
     are born, this world would be a very much 
     
     pleasanter place to live in, and the human 
     
     race would make more progress in a gen- 
     
     eration than it has done in recorded his- 
     
     tory.” 
     
    

    
     “ Oh, if you are going to mount your 
     
     dearly beloved hobby of heredity I am not 
     
     going to argue with you, David, man. 
     
     But as for the matter of urging me to 
     
     hasten and marry me a wife, why don’t 
     
     you ”— It was on Eric’s lips to say, 
     
     “ Why don’t you get married to a girl of 
     
     the right sort yourself and set me a good 
     
     example“? ” But he checked himself. He 
     
     knew that there was an old sorrow in 
     
     David Baker’s life which was not to be 
     
     unduly jarred by the jests even of privi- 
     
     leged friendship. He changed his ques- 
     
     tion to, “ Why don’t you leave this on the 
     
     knees of the gods where it properly be- 
     
     longs? I thought you were a firm believer 
     
     in predestination, David.” 
     
    

    
     “ Well, so I am, to a certain extent,” 
     
    
   
   
    
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