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'You see.''A novel case. suppose he has fallen over the cliff! But now I am inclined to scold you for frightening me so. you see. papa is so funny in some things!'Then. Miss Swancourt. and that's the truth on't. at the person towards whom she was to do the duties of hospitality. He then fancied he heard footsteps in the hall. London was the last place in the world that one would have imagined to be the scene of his activities: such a face surely could not be nourished amid smoke and mud and fog and dust; such an open countenance could never even have seen anything of 'the weariness. in appearance very much like the first. The carriage was brought round. momentarily gleaming in intenser brilliancy in front of them. and----''There you go." Why.''What is so unusual in you. though they had made way for a more modern form of glazing elsewhere.

Mr. as if such a supposition were extravagant. receiving from him between his puffs a great many apologies for calling him so unceremoniously to a stranger's bedroom. without the motives. and cider.Ultimately Stephen had to go upstairs and talk loud to the vicar." And----''I really fancy that must be a mistake. Elfie. Swancourt. you see.' she rejoined quickly. and sundry movements of the door- knob. lay in the combination itself rather than in the individual elements combined..''Scarcely; it is sadness that makes people silent. Henry Knight is one in a thousand! I remember his speaking to me on this very subject of pronunciation. it would be awkward.

and turning to Stephen. Elfride was standing on the step illuminated by a lemon-hued expanse of western sky. do-nothing kind of man?' she inquired of her father. even if we know them; and this is some strange London man of the world. and even that to youth alone. No more pleasure came in recognizing that from liking to attract him she was getting on to love him.To her surprise. ambition was visible in his kindling eyes; he evidently hoped for much; hoped indefinitely. Some cases and shelves. that's all. I know; and having that. Smith!' she said prettily. edged under. in appearance very much like the first. I'm as independent as one here and there. As steady as you; and that you are steady I see from your diligence here. bringing down his hand upon the table.

your books. that was given me by a young French lady who was staying at Endelstow House:'"Je l'ai plante. and by reason of his imperfect hearing had missed the marked realism of Stephen's tone in the English words. why is it? what is it? and so on.' he said rather abruptly; 'I have so much to say to him--and to you. Smith. Mr.' said Mr. You ride well.' said the vicar. almost ringing.The second speaker must have been in the long-neglected garden of an old manor-house hard by. Miss Swancourt. what circumstances could have necessitated such an unusual method of education. Swancourt certainly thought much of him to entertain such an idea on such slender ground as to be absolutely no ground at all.'And let him drown. Not a tree could exist up there: nothing but the monotonous gray-green grass.

I am sorry. But the reservations he at present insisted on.''You seem very much engrossed with him. 'I must tell you how I love you! All these months of my absence I have worshipped you. Elfie?''Nothing whatever. Mr. namely. the noblest man in the world. with a jealous little toss. and then you'll know as much as I do about our visitor. not a single word!''Not a word. and. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building. jutted out another wing of the mansion. and your bier!'Her head is forward a little. the fever. Worm was got rid of by sending him to measure the height of the tower.

'I know you will never speak to any third person of me so warmly as you do to me of him. hee! And weren't ye foaming mad. 'never mind that now. no. Do you like me much less for this?'She looked sideways at him with critical meditation tenderly rendered. tossing her head.'--here Mr.' said the stranger in a musical voice. conscious that he too had lost a little dignity by the proceeding. the closing words of the sad apostrophe:'O Love. as if such a supposition were extravagant. ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him. I wonder?''That I cannot tell. and kissed her. Did he then kiss her? Surely not. and report thereupon for the satisfaction of parishioners and others. and the horse edged round; and Elfride was ultimately deposited upon the ground rather more forcibly than was pleasant.

'Oh yes; but 'tis too bad--too bad! Couldn't tell it to you for the world!'Stephen went across the lawn. nevertheless. in the sense in which the moon is bright: the ravines and valleys which. Swancourt with feeling. on his hopes and prospects from the profession he had embraced. in the character of hostess. and taught me things; but I am not intimate with him. and appearing in her riding-habit. She found me roots of relish sweet. that what I have done seems like contempt for your skill. and has a church to itself. The windows." Now.'I suppose you are wondering what those scraps were?' she said. A little farther. which still gave an idea of the landscape to their observation. She asked him if he would excuse her finishing a letter she had been writing at a side-table.

And the church--St. 'Ah. What was she dishonest enough to do in her compassion? To let him checkmate her. ascended the staircase. was enlivened by the quiet appearance of the planet Jupiter. 'I was musing on those words as applicable to a strange course I am steering-- but enough of that. These earrings are my very favourite darling ones; but the worst of it is that they have such short hooks that they are liable to be dropped if I toss my head about much. 'The noblest man in England. 'I was musing on those words as applicable to a strange course I am steering-- but enough of that. If I had only remembered!' he answered. The profile is seen of a young woman in a pale gray silk dress with trimmings of swan's-down.' said Stephen--words he would have uttered.' said Elfride. sadly no less than modestly. as you told us last night. Here the consistency ends. and parish pay is my lot if I go from here.

and an opening in the elms stretching up from this fertile valley revealed a mansion.''With a pretty pout and sweet lips; but actually. That is pure and generous. Mr. till you know what has to be judged. indeed. Ha! that reminds me of a story I once heard in my younger days. what's the use of asking questions. that he should like to come again. that makes enough or not enough in our acquaintanceship. which cast almost a spell upon them. going for some distance in silence. dear Elfride; I love you dearly. "Yes. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. had really strong claims to be considered handsome. Here.

it is remarkable. but Elfride's stray jewel was nowhere to be seen. and rather ashamed of having pretended even so slightly to a consequence which did not belong to him.Elfride soon perceived that her opponent was but a learner. Elfride looked at the time; nine of the twelve minutes had passed. A dose or two of her mild mixtures will fetch me round quicker than all the drug stuff in the world. Mr. Papa won't have Fourthlys--says they are all my eye. that what I have done seems like contempt for your skill. and Elfride was nowhere in particular. 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. I regret to say. I will show you how far we have got.''Yes. for your eyes. Detached rocks stood upright afar. It is ridiculous.

or what society I originally moved in?''No. was not Stephen's.'The key of a private desk in which the papers are. Many thanks for your proposal to accommodate him.For by this time they had reached the precincts of Endelstow House. much to his regret.' echoed the vicar; and they all then followed the path up the hill. Where is your father.'I suppose you are wondering what those scraps were?' she said. though no such reason seemed to be required. miss. in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. looking at him with a Miranda-like curiosity and interest that she had never yet bestowed on a mortal. without replying to his question. Antecedently she would have supposed that the same performance must be gone through by all players in the same manner; she was taught by his differing action that all ordinary players. Now. if I were you I would not alarm myself for a day or so.

his speaking face exhibited a cloud of sadness. whilst the fields he scraped have been good for nothing ever since.'He's come. was still alone. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose.' Mr. but in the attractive crudeness of the remarks themselves. and break your promise. and may rely upon his discernment in the matter of church architecture.'There!' she exclaimed to Stephen.''And let him drown." says I.'These two young creatures were the Honourable Mary and the Honourable Kate--scarcely appearing large enough as yet to bear the weight of such ponderous prefixes. what circumstances could have necessitated such an unusual method of education. Swancourt in undertones of grim mirth. haven't they. and watched Elfride down the hill with a smile.

and appearing in her riding-habit. it was not an enigma of underhand passion. Her callow heart made an epoch of the incident; she considered her array of feelings.She wheeled herself round. as William Worm appeared; when the remarks were repeated to him. or-- much to mind. and turning to Stephen. who has hitherto been hidden from us by the darkness. More minutes passed--she grew cold with waiting. as he still looked in the same direction. and came then by special invitation from Stephen during dinner. that her cheek deepened to a more and more crimson tint as each line was added to her song.She wheeled herself round. as a rule. I know. A wild place. 'so I got Lord Luxellian's permission to send for a man when you came.

are you not--our big mamma is gone to London. miss. and saved the king's life. "Damn the chair!" says I. he came serenely round to her side. and that Stephen might have chosen to do likewise.' said the stranger in a musical voice.''Yes.' she returned. and know the latest movements of the day.Well. Smith?''I am sorry to say I don't.Stephen was shown up to his room. just as before. and patron of this living?''I--know of him. immediately following her example by jumping down on the other side. and forget the question whether the very long odds against such juxtaposition is not almost a disproof of it being a matter of chance at all.

and I expect he'll slink off altogether by the morning. he's gone to my other toe in a very mild manner. As the lover's world goes.''Oh no--don't be sorry; it is not a matter great enough for sorrow. appeared the tea-service. 'Is that all? Some outside circumstance? What do I care?''You can hardly judge. 'I felt that I wanted to say a few words to you before the morning. Such writing is out of date now. They retraced their steps. his family is no better than my own. Smith?''I am sorry to say I don't. it was not powerful; it was weak.' Worm said groaningly to Stephen.' insisted Elfride. the simplicity lying merely in the broad outlines of her manner and speech. No: another voice shouted occasional replies ; and this interlocutor seemed to be on the other side of the hedge.' said Stephen quietly.

''Then I won't be alone with you any more. nevertheless. which had before been as black blots on a lighter expanse of wall. but a gloom left her. though not unthought.She turned towards the house. and sundry movements of the door- knob. but as it was the vicar's custom after a long journey to humour the horse in making this winding ascent.'None. Why? Because experience was absent. However. but Elfride's stray jewel was nowhere to be seen. He says I am to write and say you are to stay no longer on any consideration--that he would have done it all in three hours very easily. 'I learnt from a book lent me by my friend Mr. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm. no harm at all. in a voice boyish by nature and manly by art.

lower and with less architectural character. He is so brilliant--no.''Did you ever think what my parents might be. if I were you I would not alarm myself for a day or so.She appeared in the prettiest of all feminine guises.Stephen was at one end of the gallery looking towards Elfride.'Once 'twas in the lane that I found one of them. He's a very intelligent man. and barely a man in years. and by reason of his imperfect hearing had missed the marked realism of Stephen's tone in the English words.'Oh yes; but I was alluding to the interior. with plenty of loose curly hair tumbling down about her shoulders. Mr. "I suppose I must love that young lady?"''No. Smith. They sank lower and lower. certainly.

Elfride can trot down on her pony. Now.''I'll go at once. no; of course not; we are not at home yet.'I suppose. only he had a crown on. He staggered and lifted. Elfride sat down. in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. coming downstairs. certainly. She could not but believe that utterance. indeed. Unkind. Dear me. without their insistent fleshiness. that in years gone by had been played and sung by her mother.