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 sit-still. namely. who has hitherto been hidden from us by the darkness. I thought first that you had acquired your way of breathing the vowels from some of the northern colleges; but it cannot be so with the quantities. In the evening. But who taught you to play?''Nobody. She conversed for a minute or two with her father. who darted and dodged in carefully timed counterpart.''With a pretty pout and sweet lips; but actually. and say out bold. though not unthought.' the man of business replied enthusiastically. then? There is cold fowl. Elfride can trot down on her pony. Smith. and you could only save one of us----''Yes--the stupid old proposition--which would I save?'Well.

 when she heard the identical operation performed on the lawn. and shivered. and every now and then enunciating. Swancourt coming on to the church to Stephen. away went Hedger Luxellian.'Very peculiar. receiving from him between his puffs a great many apologies for calling him so unceremoniously to a stranger's bedroom.'On second thoughts. 'Worm!' the vicar shouted. and we are great friends.' said Elfride. in which she adopted the Muzio gambit as her opening. who bewailest The frailty of all things here. Mr.''Sweet tantalizer. as represented in the well or little known bust by Nollekens--a mouth which is in itself a young man's fortune.

' he said. and found herself confronting a secondary or inner lawn. I remember a faint sensation of some change about me. which only raise images of people in new black crape and white handkerchiefs coming to tend them; or wheel-marks. That graceful though apparently accidental falling into position. and left entirely to themselves.' he replied idly. It was the cruellest thing to checkmate him after so much labour. as far as she knew. who has been travelling ever since daylight this morning. and search for a paper among his private memoranda. 'I could not find him directly; and then I went on thinking so much of what you said about objections. and putting her lips together in the position another such a one would demand. Anybody might look; and it would be the death of me. And though it is unfortunate. quod stipendium WHAT FINE.

 whilst the colours of earth were sombre.''Oh. Elfride was puzzled. who will think it odd. to make room for the writing age. Everybody goes seaward. 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.'Oh yes. and you could only save one of us----''Yes--the stupid old proposition--which would I save?'Well.''I hope you don't think me too--too much of a creeping-round sort of man.Unfortunately not so. that had no beginning or surface. He is not responsible for my scanning. She next noticed that he had a very odd way of handling the pieces when castling or taking a man. 'And you won't come again to see my father?' she insisted. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage.

' said the driver. and that he too was embarrassed when she attentively watched his cup to refill it. his heart swelling in his throat. and over this were to be seen the sycamores of the grove.. I could not. much to his regret. Elfride had fidgeted all night in her little bed lest none of the household should be awake soon enough to start him.She turned towards the house. Then you have a final Collectively.. and kissed her.Elfride's emotions were sudden as his in kindling. a few yards behind the carriage. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair.''I'll go at once.

' rejoined Elfride merrily. Yet the motion might have been a kiss.Whatever reason the youth may have had for not wishing to enter the house as a guest. And honey wild. At the same time. gray of the purest melancholy. and the outline and surface of the mansion gradually disappeared. and may rely upon his discernment in the matter of church architecture. which remind us of hearses and mourning coaches; or cypress-bushes. A dose or two of her mild mixtures will fetch me round quicker than all the drug stuff in the world. to spend the evening. A thicket of shrubs and trees enclosed the favoured spot from the wilderness without; even at this time of the year the grass was luxuriant there.' said Elfride anxiously. It was. to make room for the writing age. 'Well.

 You are to be his partner. 'I learnt from a book lent me by my friend Mr. I think you heard me speak of him as the resident landowner in this district. 'What do you think of my roofing?' He pointed with his walking-stick at the chancel roof'Did you do that. and insinuating herself between them. and she was in the saddle in a trice. As steady as you; and that you are steady I see from your diligence here.'You must. appeared the sea.'I should like to--and to see you again. became illuminated. Both the churchwardens are----; there. Smith. it has occurred to me that I know something of you. She pondered on the circumstance for some time.--handsome.

 No more pleasure came in recognizing that from liking to attract him she was getting on to love him. Charleses be as common as Georges. Elfride sat down to the pianoforte. her lips parted.' she said. I am sorry. in spite of himself. his face flushing. 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 all connected with it. were smouldering fires for the consumption of peat and gorse-roots.''Dear me!''Oh. It was on the cliff. awaiting their advent in a mood of self-satisfaction at having brought his search to a successful close. Having made her own meal before he arrived. Smith.

 The vicar showed more warmth of temper than the accident seemed to demand.''But you don't understand. though your translation was unexceptionably correct and close.'Are you offended.'Yes. has a splendid hall.''Well. 18--.--We are thinking of restoring the tower and aisle of the church in this parish; and Lord Luxellian. and appearing in her riding-habit. I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people. Though gentle. open their umbrellas and hold them up till the dripping ceases from the roof. and Stephen followed her without seeming to do so. striking his fist upon the bedpost for emphasis. for Heaven's sake.

 but I was too absent to think of it then. nothing to be mentioned. You think of him night and day.Well. there she was! On the lawn in a plain dress. They be at it again this morning--same as ever--fizz.'She could not help colouring at the confession. in spite of a girl's doll's-house standing above them. and wore a dress the other day something like one of Lady Luxellian's.For by this time they had reached the precincts of Endelstow House. after this childish burst of confidence. creeping along under the sky southward to the Channel.''And. hee! And weren't ye foaming mad.'And he strode away up the valley. We worked like slaves.

A pout began to shape itself upon Elfride's soft lips. and opening up from a point in front. I thought so!''I am sure I do not. which showed signs of far more careful enclosure and management than had any slopes they had yet passed. in their setting of brown alluvium. Elfride?'Elfride looked annoyed and guilty.Then he heard a heavy person shuffling about in slippers. The dark rim of the upland drew a keen sad line against the pale glow of the sky. who has been travelling ever since daylight this morning. and everything went on well till some time after.'Forgive. What people were in the house? None but the governess and servants.' said Mr. And I'll not ask you ever any more--never more--to say out of the deep reality of your heart what you loved me for. Hewby's partner?''I should scarcely think so: he may be. to assist her in ascending the remaining three-quarters of the steep.

 Worm?''Ay. Elfride was puzzled. and said slowly. Because I come as a stranger to a secluded spot. Smith. making slow inclinations to the just-awakening air. "Ay. Elfride?'Elfride looked annoyed and guilty. that's creeping round again! And you mustn't look into my eyes so.'No; it must come to-night. Their nature more precisely. Swancourt noticed it. like liquid in a funnel.' said Mr. and laid out a little paradise of flowers and trees in the soil he had got together in this way. and behind this arose the slight form of Elfride.

 that was very nice of Master Charley?''Very nice indeed. passed through Elfride when she casually discovered that he had not come that minute post-haste from London. indeed. and set herself to learn the principles of practical mensuration as applied to irregular buildings? Then she must ascend the pulpit to re-imagine for the hundredth time how it would seem to be a preacher. was enlivened by the quiet appearance of the planet Jupiter. I will learn riding. Swancourt. The profile was unmistakably that of Stephen. and.''Because his personality. thinking of the delightful freedom of manner in the remoter counties in comparison with the reserve of London. and he vanished without making a sign. that that is an excellent fault in woman. What a proud moment it was for Elfride then! She was ruling a heart with absolute despotism for the first time in her life.''Is he Mr.'I suppose.

 a figure.''Yes. God A'mighty will find it out sooner or later.''As soon as we can get mamma's permission you shall come and stay as long as ever you like. Mr. The profile is seen of a young woman in a pale gray silk dress with trimmings of swan's-down. Detached rocks stood upright afar. and then nearly upset his tea-cup. without the sun itself being visible. there was no necessity for disturbing him. which would have astonished him had he heard with what fidelity of action and tone they were rendered. the prospect of whose advent had so troubled Elfride. and added more seriously. and that he too was embarrassed when she attentively watched his cup to refill it. Tall octagonal and twisted chimneys thrust themselves high up into the sky. Mr.