d Prixoner of Love 
     
    
   
   
    
     Master. I’ll see you again, and you are 
     
     free to come and go as suits you. But I 
     
     must go to my work now. I left my horses 
     
     standing in the field.” 
     
    

    
     “ I will go up and send Kilmeny down,” 
     
     said Janet quietly. 
     
    

    
     She lighted the lamp on the table and 
     
     left the room. A few minutes later Kil- 
     
     meny came down. Eric rose and went to 
     
     meet her eagerly, but she only put out her 
     
     right hand with a pretty dignity and, 
     
     while she looked into his face, she did not 
     
     look into his eyes. 
     
    

    
     “You see I was right after all, Kil- 
     
     meny,” he said, smiling. “ Your uncle 
     
     and aunt haven’t driven me away. On the 
     
     contrary they have been very kind to me, 
     
     and they say I may see you whenever and 
     
     wherever I like.” 
     
    

    
     She smiled, and went over to the table 
     
     to write on her slate. 
     
    

    
     “ But they were very angry last night, 
     
     and said dreadful things to me. I felt 
     
     very frightened and unhappy. They 
     
    

    
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