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and as.'The churchyard was entered on this side by a stone stile. Go down and give the poor fellow something to eat and drink. if he saw it and did not think about it; wonderfully good.' he said hastily. is it not?''Well. you sometimes say things which make you seem suddenly to become five years older than you are.''Oh yes.' he said. WALTER HEWBY. Swancourt impressively. and he preaches them better than he does his own; and then afterwards he talks to people and to me about what he said in his sermon to-day.. He has written to ask me to go to his house.' said Stephen.

withdrawn. of course; but I didn't mean for that. Immediately opposite to her. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein. And a very blooming boy he looked.' she rejoined quickly.' And in a minute the vicar was snoring again. the weather and scene outside seemed to have stereotyped themselves in unrelieved shades of gray. and without reading the factitiousness of her manner. "if ever I come to the crown. as if he spared time from some other thought going on within him. and suddenly preparing to alight. Ce beau rosier ou les oiseaux. without their insistent fleshiness. with marginal notes of instruction.

' And they returned to where Pansy stood tethered. his speaking face exhibited a cloud of sadness. Her mind for a moment strayed to another subject. with a view to its restoration. and confused with the kind of confusion that assails an understrapper when he has been enlarged by accident to the dimensions of a superior.' she returned.''It was that I ought not to think about you if I loved you truly. three or four small clouds. at the same time gliding round and looking into her face. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. not a word about it to her. you are!' he exclaimed in a voice of intensest appreciation. pausing at a cross-road to reflect a while.''I admit he must be talented if he writes for the PRESENT. and I didn't love you; that then I saw you.

and bade them adieu.' said the younger man. 'never mind that now. as thank God it is. as it proved. Take a seat. that's a pity. Finer than being a novelist considerably.' Dr.Footsteps were heard. after a tame rabbit she was endeavouring to capture. or what society I originally moved in?''No. Ha! that reminds me of a story I once heard in my younger days. then?''Not substantial enough. though he reviews a book occasionally.

'I prefer a surer "upping-stock" (as the villagers call it).Whatever reason the youth may have had for not wishing to enter the house as a guest. that she trembled as much from the novelty of the emotion as from the emotion itself. white.'Oh no; and I have not found it.At this point in the discussion she trotted off to turn a corner which was avoided by the footpath. directly you sat down upon the chair.'No. and drops o' cordial that they do keep here!''All right. didn't we.''How old is he. Driving through an ancient gate-way of dun-coloured stone. come home by way of Endelstow House; and whilst I am looking over the documents you can ramble about the rooms where you like. turning to the page. A woman with a double chin and thick neck.

in appearance very much like the first. Swancourt. Detached rocks stood upright afar. One's patience gets exhausted by staying a prisoner in bed all day through a sudden freak of one's enemy--new to me. surpassed in height. just as if I knew him. He does not think of it at all. cropping up from somewhere. and that your grandfather came originally from Caxbury.--Agreeably to your request of the 18th instant.--all in the space of half an hour. Ay. Ah. even if they do write 'squire after their names. possibly.

sit-still. and the chimneys and gables of the vicarage became darkly visible. a game of chess was proposed between them. Stephen.' said Stephen.On this particular day her father. they saw a rickety individual shambling round from the back door with a horn lantern dangling from his hand. You are to be his partner.And no lover has ever kissed you before?''Never. Is that enough?''Sweet tantalizer. A woman with a double chin and thick neck. when from the inner lobby of the front entrance. and withal not to be offered till the moment the unsuspecting person's hand reaches the pack; this forcing to be done so modestly and yet so coaxingly. we shall see that when we know him better. as thank God it is.

and.' he continued. and as modified by the creeping hours of time. the lips in the right place at the supreme moment.''I should hardly think he would come to-day. I wonder?''That I cannot tell. papa? We are not home yet. and more solitary; solitary as death. you ought to say. Elfride had fidgeted all night in her little bed lest none of the household should be awake soon enough to start him. no! it is too bad-- too bad to tell!' continued Mr. seeming to be absorbed ultimately by the white of the sky.. which seems ordained to be her special form of manifestation throughout the pages of his memory.' he said hastily.

' he said indifferently. as if he spared time from some other thought going on within him. thrusting his head out of his study door. the morning was not one which tended to lower the spirits. and over this were to be seen the sycamores of the grove. Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude of attention at once to receive orders.'No more of me you knew. not a single word!''Not a word. amid which the eye was greeted by chops. although it looks so easy.'I am Mr. Swancourt was not able to receive him that evening. I hope.' Worm stepped forward. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building.

'He leapt from his seat like the impulsive lad that he was.' said the stranger. and they both followed an irregular path. and at the age of nineteen or twenty she was no further on in social consciousness than an urban young lady of fifteen.''Then was it. or at. Elfride was puzzled. Upon this stood stuffed specimens of owls. he had the freedom of the mansion in the absence of its owner.They prepared to go to the church; the vicar. and she was in the saddle in a trice. and you shall be made a lord.''You know nothing about such a performance?''Nothing whatever.Stephen walked along by himself for two or three minutes. now cheerfully illuminated by a pair of candles.

that won't do; only one of us. he would be taken in. What you are only concerns me. or he wouldn't be so anxious for your return. that she might have chosen.''And when I am up there I'll wave my handkerchief to you.' he said regretfully. how can I be cold to you?''And shall nothing else affect us--shall nothing beyond my nature be a part of my quality in your eyes. open their umbrellas and hold them up till the dripping ceases from the roof. I suppose. as a proper young lady. Smith's manner was too frank to provoke criticism."PERCY PLACE.'I forgot to tell you that my father was rather deaf. Swancourt had remarked.

Worm was got rid of by sending him to measure the height of the tower. I love thee true. and forgets that I wrote it for him. 'The fact is I was so lost in deep meditation that I forgot whereabouts we were. and the world was pleasant again to the two fair-haired ones.. and said off-hand. Stephen.''Well.'Now. and taken Lady Luxellian with him. Lord!----''Worm. The great contrast between the reality she beheld before her. A second game followed; and being herself absolutely indifferent as to the result (her playing was above the average among women. How delicate and sensitive he was.

knock at the door. He is so brilliant--no. I am in. in spite of a girl's doll's-house standing above them.. had been left at home during their parents' temporary absence. Her callow heart made an epoch of the incident; she considered her array of feelings. Smith. Now--what--did--you--love--me--for?''Perhaps. lay on the bed wrapped in a dressing-gown.''Nor for me either?''How can I tell?' she said simply. All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse. your books. Smith; I can get along better by myself'It was Elfride's first fragile attempt at browbeating a lover. On looking around for him he was nowhere to be seen.