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The summer following Gordon's first session at college, castle Weelset / and Corbyknowe saw nothing of him. No one missed him much, and but for / his father's sake no one would have thought much about him. Kirsty, as / one who had told him the truth concerning himself, thought of him / oftener than anyone except her father.
The summer after, he paid a short visit to castle Weelset, and went one / day to Corbyknowe, where he left a favourable impression upon all, / which impression Kirsty had been the readier to receive because of the / respect she felt for him as a student. The old imperiousness which made / him so unlike his father had retired into the background; his smile, / though not so sweet, came oftener; and his carriage was full of / courtesy. But something was gone which his old friends would gladly / have seen still. His behaviour in the old time was not so pleasant, but / he had been as one of the family. Often disagreeable, he was yet / loving. Now, he laid himself out to make himself acceptable as a / superior. Freed so long from his mother's lowering influences, what was / of his father in him might by this time have come more to the surface / but for certain ladies in Edinburgh, connections of the family, who, / influenced by his good looks and pleasant manners, and possibly by his / position in the Gordon country, sought his favour by deeds of flattery, / and succeeded in spoiling him not a little.