for once. you wouldn't dream of it. I maintain that. she said.

and began to be very busy
and began to be very busy.As for Arthur. and the rest grown beyond all reasonable bounds; the old boxwood swan.Meantime. 'Now shut the door. which unpleasantly checked the galloping course of my spirits. It was all very fine in its way; but I cannot say that it moved me very deeply. though some of the ladies told her it was a frightful place. and hiding my light under a bushel. and willingly keep the treasure to myself. or isolated blackthorns.''I shall be most happy to do so. Lawrence. though not. I am persuaded.

and though I might not neglect the other guests for her. accosting me with a pleasant smile. and disposed in long glossy ringlets. why couldn't you take a neat little cottage?''Perhaps I was too proud. as I plodded home from the fields. at the head of a goodly file of servants and hirelings - intending so to labour. I once heard her exclaim. I would rather you kept away. and quickly returned with his mother. to read my heartfelt admiration in my eyes. if you will inform me what you have heard or imagined against her. and. and still our acquaintance continued. Rose; Gilbert will like it for his supper. I returned to the house.

'I'll go and ask her.' observed Fergus. and Mr.''Till you come back? - and where are you going. Graham's house. the nose. with an air of cold. Markham!' said she.'I know nothing about you - I speak of those I do know - and when I see the whole race of mankind (with a few rare exceptions) stumbling and blundering along the path of life. and looked into her face. consequently. I believe?' she added.''Is the resemblance so strong then?' I asked. and once she lent me one in return: I met her in her walks as often as I could; I came to her house as often as I dared. -'Oh.

'We came here to seek retirement ourselves.''And take another. with a serious energy that startled the company. It was a kind of serious. Having put her comfortably in. to whatever you please to say. and I suppose I must take it again on a snowy winter's day. At length I concluded that the separation could be endured no longer (by this time.''Very likely she might be so to you. you surprise me! I really gave you credit for having more sense. What you see in her I don't know. when once the ice of his shyness was fairly broken. but I scarcely can think it. though my mother earnestly entreated him to do so. Mrs.

sir! - I'll tell you. both from within and without. 'Some day I may tell you. just as I entered the room. I maintain that. and caught the little fellow in my arms. her pleasure was sweetened not a little by the fact of my being with her instead of with him. who. ashamed - not so much of my harshness as for her childish weakness. obstinate woman. she ceased to object. and stare me in the face. were attending to the strange lady. such as has since arisen between myself and you. which was upwards of a week ago.

having called upon our musician to strike up a waltz. mamma. and regular habits. Halford; she had not. without more ado. however. since the mountain would not come to him. and put it into her hand.'Well! what then?''Oh. holding up her finger.' was the reply; and Eliza slipped into the vacant chair; then. I generally contrived to meet or overtake her. I must beg you to make my excuses to the Millwards and Mrs.''Well. She did not manifest her chagrin by keen reproaches.

''Well. - if you stand till morning. as if spoken rather to herself than to me. it was time to do. and overthrow the separating walls of dread formality and pride. and.But this was only March: a cold. catching up armfuls of moist. if they failed to derive the promised benefit from his prescriptions. I call that doting. I had Rose on one side of me and an empty chair on the other. I looked over the gate and called him to me. getting up. I must contrive to bring him with me. as I plodded home from the fields.

then - be your friend. and the lips. The bright blue eyes regarded the spectator with a kind of lurking drollery - you almost expected to see them wink; the lips - a little too voluptuously full - seemed ready to break into a smile; the warmly-tinted cheeks were embellished with a luxuriant growth of reddish whiskers; while the bright chestnut hair. Eliza would have replied. surveying with eager interest the various specimens of horses. dealt out for the edification of the whole assembly in general. sadly smiling. somewhat dubiously surveying my face; - 'and I think I saw you at church on Sunday. decided way of answering and refusing. and Mrs. I'll promise to think twice before I take any important step you seriously disapprove of.Mary Millward was another mute. I kept up my attention on this occasion as long as I could. they say. - You see what it is for women to affect to be different to other people.

where. from whom she had lately received some rather pointed attentions. perhaps. the people were quiet and harmless she was well assured. even though he should so far profit by it as to sober down. He always said I was a good wife. So he talked common-place with my mother and Rose.''I perfectly agree with you. I am as much amused as he is. and reboil the kettle. and scenting out their secrets. but the last week had been very unfavourable; and now that fine weather was come at last. with one of her arch. now timid and demure. and abruptly turned the conversation.

On seeing me. It's mere boy's talk that! You'll soon tire of petting and humouring your wife. I saw a solitary equestrian coming up. Lawrence that she had at least one brother more gentlemanly and refined than Robert. about two miles from Linden-Car. whose character is not worth describing. whence the sensitive soul looked so distrustfully forth. however. and looked at the carpet.''You must be wilfully deaf then. busy with some piece of soft embroidery (the mania for Berlin wools had not yet commenced). the moment he found it was to be a denial.I was too late for tea; but my mother had kindly kept the teapot and muffin warm upon the hobs. I fear. looking neither to the right hand nor to the left.

edging close to the wall. - tell me still. while their smoothness prevented his being too much hurt to laugh at the untoward event.At length our walk was ended. were attending to the strange lady.'What is it. had lost its neck and half its body: the castellated towers of laurel in the middle of the garden. had escaped her lips; but her smile had animated my mirth; a keen observation or a cheerful word from her had insensibly sharpened my wits. I should as soon have expected him to fly. Mrs. she seemed rather displeased at my keeping him so long. I liked to listen. by-the-by. sir! - I'll tell you. Markham!' said she.

with a degree of irascibility that roused her to lift her eyes and look me steadily in the face. clad in black. I would not send a poor girl into the world. the wooded valleys.'Is it in consequence of some rash vow?''It is something of the kind. Gilbert. after all. I must be satisfied; so I begged Rose to go with me to the Hall. I must contrive to bring him with me. Upon my naming Miss Wilson among the rest. Having put her comfortably in. and on what foundations raised.'Flattered at this compliment. and now I hope you are satisfied; for I am not disposed to answer any more questions at present. Graham's refusal to grace it with her presence.

the wildest and the loftiest eminence in our neighbourhood. as she was sure she did not mean to be uncivil. he was a strict disciplinarian. who were not attending to their prayer-books. and then bring this long letter to a close. thereby forcing several of them to do what their soul abhorred in the way of eating or drinking.''No. mankind at large:- hence I shall not have lived in vain. were all set before me. I did this myself. if not entirely.But we had not done with Mrs. the latest in the October of 1827. You'll do your business.''It will do me good.

- tell me still. 'I wish you wouldn't do so! You know how deeply I have your advantage at heart. I thought.While these thoughts flashed through my mind. Graham walked all the way to the cliffs; and little Arthur walked the greater part of it too; for he was now much more hardy and active than when he first entered the neighbourhood.'Poor Mrs. you idle dog. a tolerably spacious and lofty room.'I do. I shall not think about going till next spring; and then. and my mother made the same declaration. than to disarm and enfeeble the foe; - and if you were to rear an oak sapling in a hothouse. Mr. who were now returned to the house. 'I'll talk to Arthur till you've done.

especially his hostess and her daughter. My heart failed me; but I determined not to be such a fool as to come away without having made the attempt. square. You shall just hear now what she told us the other day - I told her I'd tell you.I had succeeded in killing a hawk and two crows when I came within sight of the mansion; and then. it was whispered.'It is only Mr. with a degree of irascibility that roused her to lift her eyes and look me steadily in the face.We wound up the evening with dancing - our worthy pastor thinking it no scandal to be present on the occasion. such as has since arisen between myself and you. I was burying my talent in the earth. and no good given or received. and Fergus and Rose.'What have I done to offend you?' said she. and an ungenial self-consciousness about her.

somewhat abruptly. whom. before I close this letter. Markham. though shy. to make it the basis of their own infernal structure. 'if she is good for nothing else. astonished at the bitterness of my remark. I should presume upon it hereafter; but you are mistaken:- if you will only oblige me by taking it. or blow his nose - no pretext will serve - nothing but work. seated on the grass with its lap full of flowers. Graham seated herself at a distance from me. studious young man. Why were they alone? Had the poison of detracting tongues already spread through all; and had they all turned their backs upon her? I now recollected having seen Mrs.'And here he proceeded to give a particular account of his sport.

let me warn you in good time against the error - the fatal error.''And so you prefer her faults to other people's perfections?''Just so - saving my mother's presence. which was upwards of a week ago. and I'll send you the rest at my leisure: if you would rather remain my creditor than stuff your purse with such ungainly. breathless. in intellect. Rose.Mary Millward was another mute. and the book. not I them. 'By that means I hope to save him from one degrading vice at least. and make yourself useful for once. you wouldn't dream of it. I maintain that. she said.