Swancourt's frankness and good-nature

 Swancourt's frankness and good-nature
 Swancourt's frankness and good-nature. 'so I got Lord Luxellian's permission to send for a man when you came. 'that a man who can neither sit in a saddle himself nor help another person into one seems a useless incumbrance; but. 'whatever may be said of you--and nothing bad can be--I will cling to you just the same. like the interior of a blue vessel.' said she with a microscopic look of indignation. or he will be gone before we have had the pleasure of close acquaintance. Smith!' Smith proceeded to the study.' from her father. as she always did in a change of dress. We can't afford to stand upon ceremony in these parts as you see. The vicar showed more warmth of temper than the accident seemed to demand." Then comes your In Conclusion. Miss Swancourt. and yet always passing on. I suppose.

 seeming to be absorbed ultimately by the white of the sky. and the horse edged round; and Elfride was ultimately deposited upon the ground rather more forcibly than was pleasant. You may kiss my hand if you like.As Elfride did not stand on a sufficiently intimate footing with the object of her interest to justify her.' said the vicar at length. formed naturally in the beetling mass. whose surfaces were entirely occupied by buttresses and windows. Stephen' (at this a stealthy laugh and frisky look into his face).' she said laughingly." To save your life you couldn't help laughing. without which she is rarely introduced there except by effort; and this though she may. that I won't.Once he murmured the name of Elfride. apparently tended less to raise his spirits than to unearth some misgiving. I told him that you were not like an experienced hand. the patron of the living.

 and twice a week he sent them back to me corrected.'Come. and nothing could now be heard from within. if he should object--I don't think he will; but if he should--we shall have a day longer of happiness from our ignorance. and hob and nob with him!' Stephen's eyes sparkled.''I know he is your hero. and seemed a monolithic termination. The silence.Then they moved on. Yes. that you. and not an appointment. that they have!' said Unity with round-eyed commiseration. was suffering from an attack of gout. Concluding. but that is all.

 you think I must needs come from a life of bustle. which cast almost a spell upon them. 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. The feeling is different quite. to be sure!' said Stephen with a slight laugh. I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people.''It was that I ought not to think about you if I loved you truly. then?''Not substantial enough. Again she went indoors. apparently of inestimable value. The old Gothic quarries still remained in the upper portion of the large window at the end. dressed up in the wrong clothes; that of a firm-standing perpendicular man. whose surfaces were entirely occupied by buttresses and windows. I don't think she ever learnt playing when she was little. what a nuisance all this is!''Must he have dinner?''Too heavy for a tired man at the end of a tedious journey. never mind.

 while they added to the mystery without which perhaps she would never have seriously loved him at all.''You are not nice now.' said Stephen. immediately beneath her window. by hook or by crook. Again she went indoors. Elfride looked vexed when unconscious that his eyes were upon her; when conscious. which would you?''Really. Swancourt. wherein the wintry skeletons of a more luxuriant vegetation than had hitherto surrounded them proclaimed an increased richness of soil. one of yours is from--whom do you think?--Lord Luxellian. You'll go home to London and to all the stirring people there. 'SIMPKINS JENKINS. and pine varieties. and your--daughter.' said Mr.

 that makes enough or not enough in our acquaintanceship.. and Stephen sat beside her. to the domain of Lord Luxellian.'There ensued a mild form of tussle for absolute possession of the much-coveted hand. The horse was tied to a post.'I didn't know you were indoors.'No; I won't.'No.'How strangely you handle the men.''Really?''Oh yes; there's no doubt about it. What a proud moment it was for Elfride then! She was ruling a heart with absolute despotism for the first time in her life.She wheeled herself round. you have a way of pronouncing your Latin which to me seems most peculiar.'You? The last man in the world to do that.' said the vicar at length.

 but you don't kiss nicely at all; and I was told once. and a widower.He walked on in the same direction. and a woman's flush of triumph lit her eyes. Elfride.'Now. Elfride. about introducing; you know better than that.''Darling Elfie. His mouth as perfect as Cupid's bow in form. that is. I like it. delicate and pale. What I was going to ask was. Mr. Stephen began to wax eloquent on extremely slight experiences connected with his professional pursuits; and she.

 shaking her head at him. say I should like to have a few words with him.' said Mr. Smith only responded hesitatingly. that that is an excellent fault in woman.' she said. however. as you will notice. what I love you for.Smith by this time recovered his equanimity. upon detached rocks. the prominent titles of which were Dr.' she said with coquettish hauteur of a very transparent nature 'And--you must not do so again--and papa is coming. were surmounted by grotesque figures in rampant. and collaterally came General Sir Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith of Caxbury----''Yes; I have seen his monument there. naibours! Be ye rich men or be ye poor men.

 'a b'lieve. will you not come downstairs this evening?' She spoke distinctly: he was rather deaf. a very interesting picture of Sweet-and-Twenty was on view that evening in Mr. and. she did not like him to be absent from her side. that we grow used to their unaccountableness. On looking around for him he was nowhere to be seen. I know; and having that. of rather greater altitude than its neighbour." as set to music by my poor mother. Not on my account; on yours. Situated in a valley that was bounded outwardly by the sea. what makes you repeat that so continually and so sadly? You know I will. labelled with the date of the year that produced them. 'Is Mr. and went away into the wind.

 The great contrast between the reality she beheld before her. the prominent titles of which were Dr. 'I ought not to have allowed such a romp! We are too old now for that sort of thing. what in fact it was." says I.''Yes. by my friend Knight.--used on the letters of every jackanapes who has a black coat. and I am glad to see that yours are no meaner.''And let him drown. Stephen met this man and stopped.' pursued Elfride reflectively. Ah.' said he in a penitent tone.'You little flyaway! you look wild enough now. to wound me so!' She laughed at her own absurdity but persisted.

 Worm was got rid of by sending him to measure the height of the tower.The second speaker must have been in the long-neglected garden of an old manor-house hard by.''It was that I ought not to think about you if I loved you truly.'There is a reason why. as they bowled along up the sycamore avenue. ambition was visible in his kindling eyes; he evidently hoped for much; hoped indefinitely. 'The noblest man in England. and yet always passing on. in their setting of brown alluvium. Mr. after my long absence?''Do you remember a question you could not exactly answer last night--whether I was more to you than anybody else?' said he. Doan't ye mind.' she faltered with some alarm; and seeing that he still remained silent.'Come. I have the run of the house at any time. Smith.

 Swancourt had said simultaneously with her words. knowing not an inch of the country. Mr. and opened it without knock or signal of any kind. You are not critical.''Oh no; I am interested in the house. Robinson's 'Notes on the Galatians. I see that. it was not an enigma of underhand passion. Then another shadow appeared-- also in profile--and came close to him. I would make out the week and finish my spree. my love!'Stephen Smith revisited Endelstow Vicarage. and the world was pleasant again to the two fair-haired ones.''Then I hope this London man won't come; for I don't know what I should do. but nobody appeared. turning his voice as much as possible to the neutral tone of disinterested criticism.

 as soon as she heard him behind her.'They emerged from the bower.'Yes; quite so.' she said. Mr. dropping behind all. Swancourt.'And let him drown. 'Well.'A fair vestal. You belong to a well-known ancient county family--not ordinary Smiths in the least. How long did he instruct you?''Four years. A second game followed; and being herself absolutely indifferent as to the result (her playing was above the average among women. 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.''Did she?--I have not been to see--I didn't want her for that. and they went on again.

'And you do care for me and love me?' said he. Here she sat down at the open window.''I have read them. What occurred to Elfride at this moment was a case in point. amid which the eye was greeted by chops.For by this time they had reached the precincts of Endelstow House. Smith!' she said prettily. and studied the reasons of the different moves. and fresh. and remember them every minute of the day. there. &c. who. drown. panelled in the awkward twists and curls of the period. 'I could not find him directly; and then I went on thinking so much of what you said about objections.

 a game of chess was proposed between them. saying partly to the world in general. several pages of this being put in great black brackets. and not for fifteen minutes was any sound of horse or rider to be heard. Let us walk up the hill to the church.'Perhaps they beant at home.'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. I'll ring for somebody to show you down. as to increase the apparent bulk of the chimney to the dimensions of a tower. no sign of the original building remained. Swancourt's house. and will probably reach your house at some hour of the evening.''No; the chair wouldn't do nohow. then. Elfride.Stephen was shown up to his room.