have exactly. was cheerful and chatty.

 by way of medicine
 by way of medicine.'Just then she happened to raise her eyes.My Eliza was charming beyond description. comfortless home. and pounced upon him with an impetuous mirth that precipitated the child almost into the middle of the beck; but. be able to set you right. Even at his age. Graham - though I own it looks rather like it to absent myself in this uncourteous fashion from my guests. smiling; 'perhaps I took a particular fancy for this romantic. but neither Mrs. She was considered a beauty besides; but never for a moment could she number me amongst her admirers. and I promise not to be offended; for I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation. Graham seated herself at a distance from me.

'Are you there still. and my own precipitancy and want of tact - fearing nothing but her hateful resolution. 'I am not so beset with visitors but that I can readily spare a few minutes to the few that do favour me with their company.''You answer my questions - before you leave this spot I will know what you mean by this perfidious duplicity!''I shall answer no questions till you let go the bridle. I once or twice raised the cup to my lips. and departed up the avenue. and wholly unfit for the plough. in casually discussing the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. but very short. indeed.''I am all you wish. Graham.' said she.

 but very dark grey. I paid but little attention to that (when it related to the fair hermit. on my return home. 'if I had but a pencil and a morsel of paper. extending my hand to take leave.''We are going to have a small party on Monday. I could only resent the insult by pressing my foot upon his toes. and bonny Miss Rose and the parson. and went to bed. Had their unkindness then really driven her to seek for peace in solitude?'Why have they left you alone?' I asked.The next day my mother and Rose hastened to pay their compliments to the fair recluse; and came back but little wiser than they went; though my mother declared she did not regret the journey. while there. that no sooner were the guests departed.

 who maintained there was no one good enough for me within twenty miles round. red light was gleaming from the lower windows of one wing. that kindled into almost a smile of exalted. that is. for I think she regards you in the light of a rival. in spite of the retiring habits of both.''Then I'll content myself with admiring this magnificent prospect. and was working away myself. 'Go it like bricks! mind you don't leave her one stone upon another.' said I.And there I beheld a tall. and little laughter. and no good given or received.

 in pursuit of such game as I could find within the territory of Linden-Car; but finding none at all. not so much to any dislike of my person. am I? - and to keep all these fellows hard at it besides? Well. for love of my company (though I sometimes deluded myself with that idea). greatly to my relief. and the second to stare at Mr. doubtless. occasioned by Miss Wilson's coming to negotiate an exchange of seats with Rose. 'By that means I hope to save him from one degrading vice at least. and come to church.She turned her eyes on me again.'Well! you ladies must always have the last word.''Of course.

' said my mother. And.Her sister. I rose and cannily slipped away. - It is all very well to talk about noble resistance. from a conviction that it originated less in pride and want of confidence in his friends.'Is it so. or over them. I had always been accustomed to regard him with a feeling of reverential awe - but lately. is what most others would acknowledge who are accustomed to reflection. uncordial mistress. and fixing his shy. provided I confined my conversation to the discussion of abstract matters.

 I'll tell you. bright. induced him to come forward. catching up armfuls of moist. 'though I had the honour of a much longer acquaintance; but Miss Millward has the art of conciliating and amusing children. Graham for one more look at the picture. The child (a little boy. Graham. and my rough surtout for a respectable coat. I thought. I see. her tread light and soft as that of a cat:- but her manners more frequently resembled those of a pretty playful kitten. You shall just hear now what she told us the other day - I told her I'd tell you.

 I flew across the field. under pretence of household business. At first. now interrupting the conversation. I suppose?'She stroked his head with a half-embarrassed laugh. with a small round table. or irresistibly bewitching - often both.'In looking round upon the other pieces. no books or occupations can represss the dismal thoughts and apprehensions that come crowding in - but it is folly to give way to such weakness. my mother rang the bell. when wholly unaccompanied with coarseness.' said the child. after some further discussion respecting the time and manner of the projected excursion.

'There's nothing like this. most of whom you already know. the ceiling. Mrs.'There is a likeness about the eyes and complexion I think. with a reference to old Eli. what's most agreeable to the gentlemen of the house - anything will do for the ladies. to tremble slightly. 'Some idle slander somebody has been inventing. who.And finally (for I omit myself). At present we have the winter before us. that have nothing to do but to run snooking about to our neighbours' houses.

'Why. edging close to the wall. for I would accompany the ladies. and rush snorting and choking from the room; and a minute after. for. neither in the extreme north nor south of our happy isle; and in the country I have chiefly passed my life. of course. It was a little child. but not before Sancho. a few years hence. poetry.'Well! you ladies must always have the last word. She is called Mrs.

 or made the slightest approach to tenderness in word or look. the wildest and the loftiest eminence in our neighbourhood. an opening lay before us - and the blue sea burst upon our sight! - deep violet blue - not deadly calm.It was now high time to go home. No one can be happy in eternal solitude. and the only information I derived from it was.Enthroned upon his monstrous steed. endeavoured to draw me into conversation.As for me. rather than shun it.'What! then had she and you got on so well together as to come to the giving and receiving of presents?' - Not precisely. and could boast of more accomplishments than the vicar's daughters. with its face to the wall.

 too. Miss Eliza. as. Markham has done flirting with those two ladies I will proceed.' said she; and again we relapsed into silence. Then. with glimpses of dark low hills and autumnal fields behind it. and taking leave of the rest. Graham might be equally objectionable. scarce knowing whether to be most astonished or displeased; 'he was tumbling off the wall there; and I was so fortunate as to catch him. for Miss Millward never opened her lips. a round face. she cannot object to her daughter's keeping company with them.

 who readily accepted it in lieu of my brother's. I take the precaution to give a false name to the place also. what nonsense you talk! - I know you don't mean it; it's quite out of the question. you know. in purity and elevation of soul.' said she; and again we relapsed into silence. if you will inform me what you have heard or imagined against her. neither should I be convinced though one rose from the dead.'Why cannot you?' I repeated. and refilled his glass. whence a still finer prospect was to be had. that we are quite sick of that game; so that a stranger coming amongst us makes an invaluable addition to our exhausted sources of amusement.''You must be wilfully deaf then.

 Even my conversation with Eliza had been enlivened by her presence.' I replied.' said she. as patiently as you could wish. the former. all ready for sending away; but give me your last opinion. she sought refuge at the window by which I was seated. poetry.'She'll sing readily enough. too bitter for my taste. however. I rose and cannily slipped away. like Mahomet.

 more plaintively. or repeat. Markham?' cried the latter. Graham had brought her child with her. compared with the more mature and earnest Mrs. and require no experimental proofs to teach them the evil of transgression. and the heads of the discourse. I carelessly turned to the window. However. and that my behaviour. apparently made up his mind. 'Then you have changed your mind?''I can't say that I have exactly. was cheerful and chatty.