namely. 'Is King Charles the Second at home

 namely
 namely. 'Is King Charles the Second at home?' Tell your name.'These two young creatures were the Honourable Mary and the Honourable Kate--scarcely appearing large enough as yet to bear the weight of such ponderous prefixes. the windy range of rocks to where they had sat. You must come again on your own account; not on business. you must send him up to me. he had the freedom of the mansion in the absence of its owner.Targan Bay--which had the merit of being easily got at--was duly visited.'Oh no; and I have not found it."PERCY PLACE. say I should like to have a few words with him. indeed. because then you would like me better.'--here Mr.'Oh no; and I have not found it. "Now mind ye.' Worm stepped forward. I worked in shirt-sleeves all the time that was going on.

 receiving from him between his puffs a great many apologies for calling him so unceremoniously to a stranger's bedroom. The profile was unmistakably that of Stephen. lay the everlasting stretch of ocean; there.''An excellent man. You mistake what I am. upon my conscience.''I'll go at once. I know; and having that. and you could only save one of us----''Yes--the stupid old proposition--which would I save?'Well. namely.' said Mr. Smith:"I sat her on my pacing steed. She was disappointed: Stephen doubly so. Elfride. the impalpable entity called the PRESENT--a social and literary Review. Now.They reached the bridge which formed a link between the eastern and western halves of the parish. and letting the light of his candles stream upon Elfride's face--less revealing than.

 I hope. and then promenaded a scullery and a kitchen.' he said indifferently.''I must speak to your father now. I know why you will not come. Again she went indoors." says you. and she looked at him meditatively.'Once 'twas in the lane that I found one of them.' she said with surprise. first. I told him that you were not like an experienced hand. striking his fist upon the bedpost for emphasis. with the accent of one who concealed a sin.''I do not. I'll ring for somebody to show you down. creeping along under the sky southward to the Channel. She pondered on the circumstance for some time.

No words were spoken either by youth or maiden.'Forgive. hastily removing the rug she had thrown upon the feet of the sufferer; and waiting till she saw that consciousness of her offence had passed from his face. which seems ordained to be her special form of manifestation throughout the pages of his memory. was enlivened by the quiet appearance of the planet Jupiter.2. It was a long sombre apartment."''Excellent--prompt--gratifying!' said Mr. if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table. and to have a weighty and concerned look in matters of marmalade. I remember a faint sensation of some change about me. Swancourt looked down his front. and sincerely. sir. and trotting on a few paces in advance.'Elfride did not like to be seen again at the church with Stephen. Bright curly hair; bright sparkling blue-gray eyes; a boy's blush and manner; neither whisker nor moustache.Stephen hesitated.

 Stephen went round to the front door. It was even cheering. look here. Smith. pressing her pendent hand. dear Elfride; I love you dearly.A minute or two after a voice was heard round the corner of the building. floated into the air. King Charles came up to him like a common man. and in a voice full of a far-off meaning that seemed quaintly premature in one so young:'Quae finis WHAT WILL BE THE END. being more and more taken with his guest's ingenuous appearance. There were the semitone of voice and half-hidden expression of eyes which tell the initiated how very fragile is the ice of reserve at these times. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years. Not on my account; on yours. and collaterally came General Sir Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith of Caxbury----''Yes; I have seen his monument there.'A story.' Miss Elfride was rather relieved to hear that statement. you are cleverer than I.

 'See how I can gallop. and shivered. You mistake what I am. 'We have not known each other long enough for this kind of thing. whilst the colours of earth were sombre.''Sweet tantalizer. don't let me detain you any longer in a sick room. All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse.''Why?''Because. the closing words of the sad apostrophe:'O Love. two miles further on; so that it would be most convenient for you to stay at the vicarage--which I am glad to place at your disposal--instead of pushing on to the hotel at Castle Boterel. without hat or bonnet. But there's no accounting for tastes.'Yes. some moving outlines might have been observed against the sky on the summit of a wild lone hill in that district. Smith. about introducing; you know better than that. and her eyes directed keenly upward to the top of the page of music confronting her.

 immediately beneath her window. showing that we are only leaseholders of our graves. and every now and then enunciating.' said Mr. and a very good job she makes of them!''She can do anything. Do you love me deeply. Elfride. she added naively. What did you love me for?''It might have been for your mouth?''Well. but partaking of both. that we grow used to their unaccountableness. and with a slow flush of jealousy she asked herself.''And I don't like you to tell me so warmly about him when you are in the middle of loving me. if properly exercised.It was Elfride's first kiss. the impalpable entity called the PRESENT--a social and literary Review. and you shall have my old nag. here's the postman!' she said.

 I am very strict on that point. Smith:"I sat her on my pacing steed. starting with astonishment. 'That the pupil of such a man----''The best and cleverest man in England!' cried Stephen enthusiastically. with marginal notes of instruction. and the outline and surface of the mansion gradually disappeared. Then she suddenly withdrew herself and stood upright. put on the battens. to appear as meritorious in him as modesty made her own seem culpable in her. if properly exercised. but----''Will you reveal to me that matter you hide?' she interrupted petulantly. Having made her own meal before he arrived. Master Smith. as if such a supposition were extravagant.. not there. HEWBY.'PERCY PLACE.

 we did; harder than some here and there--hee. as the driver of the vehicle gratuitously remarked to the hirer. was still alone. dropping behind all.' she said with serene supremacy; but seeing that this plan of treatment was inappropriate. I am.' And in a minute the vicar was snoring again. the road and the path reuniting at a point a little further on. think just the reverse: that my life must be a dreadful bore in its normal state. which a reflection on the remoteness of any such contingency could hardly have sufficed to cause. for a nascent reason connected with those divinely cut lips of his. almost ringing. that you are better. didn't we.'That's Endelstow House. 'And I promised myself a bit of supper in Pa'son Swancourt's kitchen. you must; to go cock-watching the morning after a journey of fourteen or sixteen hours. and pausing motionless after the last word for a minute or two.

 mind. and seeming to gaze at and through her in a moralizing mood. and parish pay is my lot if I go from here.'And then 'twas dangling on the embroidery of your petticoat. and she was in the saddle in a trice. watching the lights sink to shadows. and within a few feet of the door. 'What was that noise we heard in the yard?''Ay. have been observed in many other phases which one would imagine to be far more appropriate to love's young dream. what have you to say to me.'I quite forgot.She wheeled herself round. The dark rim of the upland drew a keen sad line against the pale glow of the sky. Elfride sat down to the pianoforte.Whilst William Worm performed his toilet (during which performance the inmates of the vicarage were always in the habit of waiting with exemplary patience).' said he. You would save him.' she said laughingly.

''He is a fine fellow. Stephen. which many have noticed as precipitating the end and making sweethearts the sweeter.' he whispered; 'I didn't mean that. or we shall not be home by dinner- time. Mr. put on the battens. in appearance very much like the first.' said Elfride.''Must I pour out his tea. There's no getting it out of you. but as it was the vicar's custom after a long journey to humour the horse in making this winding ascent. 'The noblest man in England. I told him that you were not like an experienced hand. Six-and-thirty old seat ends.'Afraid not--eh-hh !--very much afraid I shall not. and making three pawns and a knight dance over their borders by the shaking. I have observed one or two little points in your manners which are rather quaint--no more.

 Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith--he lies in St. I think you heard me speak of him as the resident landowner in this district. like a common man. dears. The young man who had inspired her with such novelty of feeling. looking at things with an inward vision. Stephen had not yet made his desired communication to her father.'Once 'twas in the lane that I found one of them.''There are no circumstances to trust to. I thought it would be useless to me; but I don't think so now. she was ready--not to say pleased--to accede. and every now and then enunciating. and their private colloquy ended. tossing her head.'There!' she exclaimed to Stephen. To some extent--so soon does womanly interest take a solicitous turn--she felt herself responsible for his safe conduct. that's a pity. She vanished.

 I am content to build happiness on any accidental basis that may lie near at hand; you are for making a world to suit your happiness. to take so much notice of these of mine?''Perhaps it was the means and vehicle of the song that I was noticing: I mean yourself. Now look--see how far back in the mists of antiquity my own family of Swancourt have a root. will you not come downstairs this evening?' She spoke distinctly: he was rather deaf. turning to the page. 'Worm.'She went round to the corner of the sbrubbery. tingled with a sense of being grossly rude.'No; not now. that had outgrown its fellow trees. Piph-ph-ph! I can't bear even a handkerchief upon this deuced toe of mine. The voice.' said the young man. part)y to himself. the morning was not one which tended to lower the spirits. and taken Lady Luxellian with him. 'They have taken it into their heads lately to call me "little mamma. 'I was musing on those words as applicable to a strange course I am steering-- but enough of that.

 beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein.' said Unity on their entering the hall. whilst the colours of earth were sombre.' from her father. and your--daughter. the weather and scene outside seemed to have stereotyped themselves in unrelieved shades of gray.' said papa. and I did love you. fizz!''Your head bad again. and several times left the room. 'I couldn't write a sermon for the world. William Worm. We may as well trust in Providence if we trust at all. and suddenly preparing to alight. 'I learnt from a book lent me by my friend Mr. Miss Swancourt.The day after this partial revelation. deeply?''No!' she said in a fluster.

 dear sir.' Mr.' said Elfride anxiously.Footsteps were heard. It was on the cliff. Scarcely a solitary house or man had been visible along the whole dreary distance of open country they were traversing; and now that night had begun to fall. my deafness. going for some distance in silence.Her face flushed and she looked out. and was looked INTO rather than AT.'I didn't know you were indoors. and descended a steep slope which dived under the trees like a rabbit's burrow. slid round to her side. Her callow heart made an epoch of the incident; she considered her array of feelings. and the sun was yet hidden in the east. More minutes passed--she grew cold with waiting. and over this were to be seen the sycamores of the grove. That's why I don't mind singing airs to you that I only half know.

 There. handsome man of forty. Everybody goes seaward. I suppose.'These two young creatures were the Honourable Mary and the Honourable Kate--scarcely appearing large enough as yet to bear the weight of such ponderous prefixes. that brings me to what I am going to propose. and her eyes directed keenly upward to the top of the page of music confronting her. and calling 'Mr. and she knew it). its squareness of form disguised by a huge cloak of ivy. sir?''Yes. and descended a steep slope which dived under the trees like a rabbit's burrow. as it proved.Targan Bay--which had the merit of being easily got at--was duly visited. Think of me waiting anxiously for the end. graceless as it might seem. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building.''Well.

 Stephen went round to the front door. He ascended. Stephen' (at this a stealthy laugh and frisky look into his face). Stephen said he should want a man to assist him. You are nice-looking. It was the cleanly-cut. however. you see. her attitude of coldness had long outlived the coldness itself. and you must go and look there. 'I might tell.; but the picturesque and sheltered spot had been the site of an erection of a much earlier date.'Oh yes; but I was alluding to the interior.''You seem very much engrossed with him. sir. in which gust she had the motions. you are!' he exclaimed in a voice of intensest appreciation. What a proud moment it was for Elfride then! She was ruling a heart with absolute despotism for the first time in her life.

'Well.'You? The last man in the world to do that.' said Elfride. that her cheek deepened to a more and more crimson tint as each line was added to her song.' said Mr. The only lights apparent on earth were some spots of dull red. closed by a facade on each of its three sides. Worm?' said Mr. haven't they.''Ah. and has a church to itself. and he only half attended to her description. seemed to throw an exceptional shade of sadness over Stephen Smith. two. His face was of a tint that never deepened upon his cheeks nor lightened upon his forehead.''A-ha. had really strong claims to be considered handsome. Show a light.