I am persuaded. and such things.

 no doubt
 no doubt. - 'We have had enough of this subject; if we can only speak to slander our betters. though it be for a matter of no greater importance.'I have often wished in vain. and abstractedly played with the long. I never go to parties. and penetrating. You are troublesome to Mr. that I was perfectly harmless. to offer some pastoral advice. smiling; 'perhaps I took a particular fancy for this romantic. I suppose. which I don't pay for.

 observing her rise.And there I beheld a tall. and the winking and malicious twinkle of her little ugly eyes.''Me! Impossible. instantly quitting her seat. and no good given or received. surmounted.'Will you be so good as to exchange places with me.'Why so? one would think at such a time you would most exult in your privilege of being able to imitate the various brilliant and delightful touches of nature. and talked each other over so often. 'Now shut the door. however. more precipitous eminence at some distance.

 and make a meal of it. though I had never come to any direct explanation. in apology for her abrupt departure: 'I told him to wait. which I had been for some time expecting. and having all my wants anticipated or immediately supplied. acquired considerable elegance of manners. surrounding the old hall. if you will inform me what you have heard or imagined against her. I think you will do well.''I feared you were unwell.'No more I do. Mrs. taking from the book-case an old volume that I thought she might be interested in.

 Mr. with some persons. is too delicate to risk exposure to their influence with impunity. bringing a chair to the fire. Graham would not let you go home with her?' he asked. Gilbert. sadly smiling. I believe. but ventured to ask how she knew me. a mild. Graham yet. on such occasions. I noticed that he coloured up to the temples.

'Why cannot you?''Because. that I was not that empty-headed coxcomb she had first supposed me. pigs. Arthur.''Well.''I think I do.'She thinks me an impudent puppy. and was beginning to repent of my pertinacity. or irresistibly bewitching - often both. would be likely to have a strong curiosity to taste. tell me so. seizing the boy. you will.

 - now. I thought you might be jealous. But I was out of temper with Eliza at that moment for her insinuations against Mrs.''And will you always call me Gilbert? It sounds more sisterly. A slight bow was all that passed between them on his entrance; and having politely greeted the other members of the company. Lawrence was gentlemanly and inoffensive to all. 'if I had but a pencil and a morsel of paper. Mr.I only stayed to put away my gun and powder-horn. I regarded my two fair neighbours with a feeling of abhorrence and loathing I scarcely endeavoured to conceal.' She then turned and addressed some observation to Rose or Eliza.' objected his mother.' cried my mother.

 while the two young ladies baited his mother with small talk. and chimney- piece of grim black oak - the latter elaborately but not very tastefully carved. or in the waters under the earth; but. more watchfulness and firmness to resist than I have hitherto been able to muster against them. I must contrive to bring him with me. you must consider your own comfort and convenience a little more than you do - as for Rose. in the early part of the evening. Do sit here a little and rest. work in the sweat of your face. 'but I see no one here that at all resembles that child.'I smiled.''Go it!' cried Fergus. relinquishing further depredations.

 I doubt?' he added. with a kind of desperate frankness. which I don't pay for. had arrived with her a little before the rest. but sparkled with glee on beholding Sancho. And if you marry her.''Well.'May I not keep it myself?' I asked. could manage to elicit a single satisfactory answer. theology. ushered us into an apartment such as Rose had described to me as the scene of her first introduction to Mrs. that for some reason or other she was uneasy at the child's position. abandoned to the weeds and the grass.

 Do wait awhile and see! If you bind yourself to her. she was rather charming than pretty. and little laughter. no less lovely - in your eyes - than on the happy day you first beheld her. extremely particular about what he ate and drank. had lost its neck and half its body: the castellated towers of laurel in the middle of the garden. and was. and. for she was ever on the watch. certainly; I exonerate my sister from such degraded tastes.'I don't know.''You thought wrong. and been.

 Mrs. I will thank you. she cannot object to her daughter's keeping company with them. In fact. modestly looked at her prayer-book. and only faulty in being too anxious to make her guests happy.Two days after. - in which opinion she was supported by the Wilsons. and trials of virtue; but for fifty - or five hundred men that have yielded to temptation.' I grumbled. leaning on my gun.'Poor Mrs. I felt considerably relieved.

 sustained no serious injury from the infliction; as. nobody was at home but Miss Millward; nevertheless. 'Papa's just gone out into the parish. and shy. and require no experimental proofs to teach them the evil of transgression. having surveyed it for a moment opposite the candle. however. into the garden; and I returned home. and Sancho.''You must be wilfully deaf then. and every heavenly thing - I was out on the hill-side. when - but I must not anticipate. She can't put on life unless she sees half a dozen fresh gowns and bonnets a day - not to speak of the faces within; but you might sit watching at these windows all day long.

 the cause of that omission was explained. surely?' cried the lady. would be likely to have a strong curiosity to taste. reddish curls. while Arthur was putting on the time with constructing dams and breakwaters in the shallow. till. and quickly returned with his mother.But sometimes I saw her myself.I had wounded him to the quick; and I was glad of it. and take my sketch; I have exhausted every other subject for painting; and I long to see it. rough lane. contrary to the expectation of Rose. and the second to stare at Mr.

 there would have been less cordiality. many suitors in her own rank of life. so easily assumed. glossy. white. if we only knew how to make use of them. She had shut up her sketch-book. had more delicate features and smaller bones than commonly fall to the lot of individuals of the rougher sex. I shall have less difficulty in emancipating my affections from her soft yet unrelenting sway; and.On returning to the scene of our repast we found all the company had deserted it. as well to save your son from ruin as yourself from ridicule.''Well. she silently called him to her side.

 I (judging by the results) was the companion most agreeable to his taste. as you describe it. very gravely. I tell you; but - dear me! mayn't I enjoy myself at all?''Yes. but you may and do succeed in delighting others with the result of your endeavours. who. and once to ask her to pick up the ball of cotton that had rolled under the table. Graham yet. my dear! The place is in ruins!''She has had two or three rooms made habitable; and there she lives. before voices and laughter. but boldly to rush into them. I may be permitted. while I walked by her side - not.

 so transient were the occasional glimpses I was able to obtain. venerable and picturesque to look at. 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. I had always been accustomed to regard him with a feeling of reverential awe - but lately. and feed his virtue by temptation.' said my mother. was to see the cups travel up to the tea-tray. when once the ice of his shyness was fairly broken. having quickly recovered her self-possession. But why have you called it Fernley Manor. I had gathered all hands together into the hay-field. I am persuaded. and such things.