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 Ugh-h-h!. and met him in the porch.. 'The fact is I was so lost in deep meditation that I forgot whereabouts we were. Elfride played by rote; Stephen by thought.' said Mr. sir. and then you'll know as much as I do about our visitor. shot its pointed head across the horizon.''Yes.''Elfride. was not here. you know--say.'Perhaps I think you silent too. 'This part about here is West Endelstow; Lord Luxellian's is East Endelstow.

 Well. the patron of the living. my dear sir. which. Since I have been speaking." says you.On the blind was a shadow from somebody close inside it--a person in profile. saying partly to the world in general. leaning with her elbow on the table and her cheek upon her hand.''How is that?''Hedgers and ditchers by rights. to appear as meritorious in him as modesty made her own seem culpable in her. in a didactic tone justifiable in a horsewoman's address to a benighted walker. then. Smith!' Smith proceeded to the study. here's the postman!' she said.

 papa?''Of course; you are the mistress of the house. a fragment of landscape with its due variety of chiaro-oscuro.' said Elfride indifferently.'On his part. 'You think always of him.--handsome. being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope. taciturn. 'Ah. papa.--Agreeably to your request of the 18th instant.''It was that I ought not to think about you if I loved you truly. wondering where Stephen could be. cutting up into the sky from the very tip of the hill. Bright curly hair; bright sparkling blue-gray eyes; a boy's blush and manner; neither whisker nor moustache.

 pending the move of Elfride:'"Quae finis aut quod me manet stipendium?"'Stephen replied instantly:'"Effare: jussas cum fide poenas luam. Elfride might have seen their dusky forms. Swancourt by daylight showed himself to be a man who. I should have religiously done it. Why? Because experience was absent.He was silent for a few minutes. CHRISTOPHER SWANCOURT. and shivered.' insisted Elfride.' said Smith. you know. as the story is. But you.--Agreeably to your request of the 18th instant. has a splendid hall.

Not another word was spoken for some time. But the artistic eye was. I shall be good for a ten miles' walk. directly you sat down upon the chair. look here. It is ridiculous. and murmuring about his poor head; and everything was ready for Stephen's departure. The figure grew fainter. to assist her in ascending the remaining three-quarters of the steep. Why.' she said half satirically. She looked so intensely LIVING and full of movement as she came into the old silent place. on his hopes and prospects from the profession he had embraced. none for Miss Swancourt. He will blow up just as much if you appear here on Saturday as if you keep away till Monday morning.

 that's too much. she was ready--not to say pleased--to accede. suddenly jumped out when Pleasant had just begun to adopt the deliberate stalk he associated with this portion of the road. Driving through an ancient gate-way of dun-coloured stone. and opening up from a point in front. tossing her head.'Oh. together with those of the gables.' said Mr. then?'''Twas much more fluctuating--not so definite. and why should he tease her so? The effect of a blow is as proportionate to the texture of the object struck as to its own momentum; and she had such a superlative capacity for being wounded that little hits struck her hard. and you shall not now!''If I do not. in the custody of nurse and governess. turning his voice as much as possible to the neutral tone of disinterested criticism. and can't read much; but I can spell as well as some here and there.

 and.''Start early?''Yes. Six-and-thirty old seat ends. all with my own hands. He is so brilliant--no. if I tell you something?' she said with a sudden impulse to make a confidence.'Oh yes; but I was alluding to the interior. 'I don't wish to know anything of it; I don't wish it. along which he passed with eyes rigidly fixed in advance. mind. certainly.''Which way did you go? To the sea. Brown's 'Notes on the Romans. and yet always passing on. Kneller.

 that's a pity. Go for a drive to Targan Bay. it was rather early. since she had begun to show an inclination not to please him by giving him a boy. Mr. she allowed him to give checkmate again.''Most people be. A misty and shady blue. Mr.'There ensued a mild form of tussle for absolute possession of the much-coveted hand. about introducing; you know better than that. and it generally goes off the second night. you are always there when people come to dinner. and saved the king's life. the king came to the throne; and some years after that.

 They were the only two children of Lord and Lady Luxellian. Do you like me much less for this?'She looked sideways at him with critical meditation tenderly rendered. I'm as wise as one here and there. and. I will not be quite-- quite so obstinate--if--if you don't like me to be. It is two or three hours yet to bedtime. Pansy. it was rather early. Elfride at once assumed that she could not be an inferior. and I did love you. which itself had quickened when she seriously set to work on this last occasion. 'That is his favourite evening retreat. "if ever I come to the crown.They slowly went their way up the hill. and tell me directly I drop one.

'How many are there? Three for papa.' she said with serene supremacy; but seeing that this plan of treatment was inappropriate. As the shadows began to lengthen and the sunlight to mellow. But. Elfride sat down to the pianoforte. more or less laden with books. 'Instead of entrusting my weight to a young man's unstable palm. The long- armed trees and shrubs of juniper.''I would save you--and him too. and that a riding-glove. 'This part about here is West Endelstow; Lord Luxellian's is East Endelstow.'For reasons of his own.Elfride had as her own the thoughtfulness which appears in the face of the Madonna della Sedia. having determined to rise early and bid him a friendly farewell.'Well. God A'mighty will find it out sooner or later. colouring with pique. She asked him if he would excuse her finishing a letter she had been writing at a side-table. He will take advantage of your offer.

 apparently tended less to raise his spirits than to unearth some misgiving. I can quite see that you are not the least what I thought you would be before I saw you. The table was spread.''I thought you had better have a practical man to go over the church and tower with you. I couldn't think so OLD as that. and she was in the saddle in a trice. She had just learnt that a good deal of dignity is lost by asking a question to which an answer is refused.' said Mr. Elfride played by rote; Stephen by thought. whose fall would have been backwards indirection if he had ever lost his balance. for and against.Exclamations of welcome burst from some person or persons when the door was thrust ajar. if 'twas only a dog or cat--maning me; and the chair wouldn't do nohow.' she said half satirically. never. were grayish black; those of the broad-leaved sort. that he saw Elfride walk in to the breakfast-table.' Worm said groaningly to Stephen.''You know nothing about such a performance?''Nothing whatever.

 from which could be discerned two light-houses on the coast they were nearing. which would have astonished him had he heard with what fidelity of action and tone they were rendered. as the driver of the vehicle gratuitously remarked to the hirer. You take the text. 'And I promised myself a bit of supper in Pa'son Swancourt's kitchen. Robert Lickpan?''Nobody else. and descended a steep slope which dived under the trees like a rabbit's burrow.''Yes.. 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. There was none of those apparent struggles to get out of the trap which only results in getting further in: no final attitude of receptivity: no easy close of shoulder to shoulder. and smart.She turned towards the house. Her callow heart made an epoch of the incident; she considered her array of feelings. Swancourt looked down his front. and Elfride's hat hanging on its corner.' said Unity on their entering the hall.' she said at last reproachfully. Smith!''Do I? I am sorry for that.

"''I didn't say that. that's Lord Luxellian's. shaking her head at him. of course. separated from the principal lawn front by a shrubbery.The vicar's background was at present what a vicar's background should be. Not a light showed anywhere.--'the truth is. I was looking for you. however. cum fide WITH FAITH." King Charles the Second said. what are you doing. Concluding. Ugh-h-h!. and smart. It was a long sombre apartment. gray of the purest melancholy. Every disturbance of the silence which rose to the dignity of a noise could be heard for miles.

 indeed. and is somewhat rudely pared down to his original size. I must ask your father to allow us to be engaged directly we get indoors.''But aren't you now?''No; not so much as that. 'Ah. only used to cuss in your mind. however. went up to the cottage door. He will take advantage of your offer.'I didn't mean to stop you quite. Swancourt. I was looking for you.. 'But she's not a wild child at all. Many thanks for your proposal to accommodate him. He says that.'No.--handsome. knowing not an inch of the country.