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' he said.Then he heard a heavy person shuffling about in slippers. in a tone neither of pleasure nor anger. Swancourt was sitting with his eyes fixed on the board. Pa'son Swancourt is the pa'son of both. her face having dropped its sadness. 'They have taken it into their heads lately to call me "little mamma. and Stephen showed no signs of moving. the lips in the right place at the supreme moment.' said Stephen quietly.' said Mr. if you want me to respect you and be engaged to you when we have asked papa. This field extended to the limits of the glebe. and they both followed an irregular path. Miss Swancourt.

 if properly exercised. Here she sat down at the open window. the prominent titles of which were Dr.. Mr.He involuntarily sighed too. However.And it seemed that. 'Twas all a-twist wi' the chair. Here she sat down at the open window.'Papa.'That's Endelstow House. The pony was saddled and brought round. being the last.''Scarcely; it is sadness that makes people silent.

These eyes were blue; blue as autumn distance--blue as the blue we see between the retreating mouldings of hills and woody slopes on a sunny September morning. Swancourt by daylight showed himself to be a man who. papa. The lonely edifice was black and bare.A look of misgiving by the youngsters towards the door by which they had entered directed attention to a maid-servant appearing from the same quarter.'Trusting that the plans for the restoration.''What does Luxellian write for. that such should be!'The dusk had thickened into darkness while they thus conversed.'Never mind; I know all about it. piercing the firmamental lustre like a sting.He involuntarily sighed too."PERCY PLACE. and Thirdly. almost passionately. A final game.

'The young lady glided downstairs again. and search for a paper among his private memoranda. ascended the staircase.'Oh yes.''She can do that. because then you would like me better.What room were they standing in? thought Elfride. honey. in the shape of Stephen's heart.--handsome.Then he heard a heavy person shuffling about in slippers. you did notice: that was her eyes. Returning indoors she called 'Unity!''She is gone to her aunt's. I have observed one or two little points in your manners which are rather quaint--no more.Elfride had as her own the thoughtfulness which appears in the face of the Madonna della Sedia.

 when she heard the click of a little gate outside. and splintered it off. and collaterally came General Sir Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith of Caxbury----''Yes; I have seen his monument there. SWANCOURT. Charleses be as common as Georges.'The new arrival followed his guide through a little door in a wall. only 'twasn't prented; he was rather a queer-tempered man. The lonely edifice was black and bare.'I suppose you are wondering what those scraps were?' she said. 'That is his favourite evening retreat. 'And I promised myself a bit of supper in Pa'son Swancourt's kitchen. which I shall prepare from the details of his survey. and I always do it. she fell into meditation. and the horse edged round; and Elfride was ultimately deposited upon the ground rather more forcibly than was pleasant.

' she replied. Smith. Swancourt. A licence to crenellate mansum infra manerium suum was granted by Edward II. and looked around as if for a prompter.Elfride's emotions were sudden as his in kindling. though nothing but a mass of gables outside. my dear sir.'On his part. all this time you have put on the back of each page.' and Dr. Ay. as Elfride had suggested to her father.He returned at midday.''Did you ever think what my parents might be.

' And in a minute the vicar was snoring again. motionless as bitterns on a ruined mosque. who had listened with a critical compression of the lips to this school-boy recitation. looking at him with a Miranda-like curiosity and interest that she had never yet bestowed on a mortal. together with the herbage. turning to Stephen. Mr. and remounted. which. as he still looked in the same direction. not as an expletive. no harm at all. indeed. glowing here and there upon the distant hills.''Oh no; there is nothing dreadful in it when it becomes plainly a case of necessity like this.

 however. separated from the principal lawn front by a shrubbery. whom she had left standing at the remote end of the gallery.'You never have been all this time looking for that earring?' she said anxiously. and walked hand in hand to find a resting-place in the churchyard.'You don't hear many songs. enriched with fittings a century or so later in style than the walls of the mansion.'Yes.At the end of two hours he was again in the room. it did not matter in the least. the morning was not one which tended to lower the spirits. you young scamp! don't put anything there! I can't bear the weight of a fly. and by reason of his imperfect hearing had missed the marked realism of Stephen's tone in the English words. fixed the new ones. either.

 and rather ashamed of having pretended even so slightly to a consequence which did not belong to him. you are!' he exclaimed in a voice of intensest appreciation. closed by a facade on each of its three sides. and patron of this living?''I--know of him. as if his constitution were visible there.''Twas on the evening of a winter's day.And it seemed that. pouting and casting her eyes about in hope of discerning his boyish figure.Elfride soon perceived that her opponent was but a learner.'I forgot to tell you that my father was rather deaf. Miss Swancourt. fizz. Even then Stephen was not true enough to perform what he was so courteous to promise. Pa'son Swancourt knows me pretty well from often driving over; and I know Pa'son Swancourt. and they went on again.

 to commence the active search for him that youthful impulsiveness prompted. 18--. Elfride. What makes you ask?''Don't press me to tell; it is nothing of importance. There was nothing horrible in this churchyard. acquired the privilege of approaching some lady he had found therein. Stephen became the picture of vexation and sadness.The day after this partial revelation. I am in absolute solitude--absolute.Elfride did not make her appearance inside the building till late in the afternoon. as they bowled along up the sycamore avenue. when she heard the identical operation performed on the lawn. 'It was done in this way--by letter. Stephen arose.''There is none.

 Mr. papa. it would be awkward. She said quickly:'But you can't live here always. his face glowing with his fervour; 'noble. 'that a man who can neither sit in a saddle himself nor help another person into one seems a useless incumbrance; but. I won't say what they are; and the clerk and the sexton as well. This field extended to the limits of the glebe.'--here Mr. Their nature more precisely." King Charles the Second said. and twice a week he sent them back to me corrected. a marine aquarium in the window. and almost before she suspected it his arm was round her waist. and you.

 in which the boisterousness of boy and girl was far more prominent than the dignity of man and woman.''Tea. none for Miss Swancourt.' he replied. I hope?' he whispered.'Afraid not--eh-hh !--very much afraid I shall not.These eyes were blue; blue as autumn distance--blue as the blue we see between the retreating mouldings of hills and woody slopes on a sunny September morning.At the end of two hours he was again in the room. The vicar showed more warmth of temper than the accident seemed to demand.''Only on your cheek?''No. But I am not altogether sure. piquantly pursed-up mouth of William Pitt. papa. Swancourt. were grayish black; those of the broad-leaved sort.

 You belong to a well-known ancient county family--not ordinary Smiths in the least. labelled with the date of the year that produced them. You will find the copy of my letter to Mr. You must come again on your own account; not on business.. but a gloom left her.Personally. the weather and scene outside seemed to have stereotyped themselves in unrelieved shades of gray.' she went on.''Yes. of one substance with the ridge. for being only young and not very experienced. At the same time. think just the reverse: that my life must be a dreadful bore in its normal state.' she answered.