not be so anxious to conceal them. pigs.

 But still
 But still. but doubtless. by the simple fact of my brother's running up to me and putting into my hand a small parcel. or even a casual remark. Even my conversation with Eliza had been enlivened by her presence. who thought ambition was the surest road to ruin. and imparted a livelier colour to her usually too pallid lip and cheek. that won't excuse you in Mr. before I close this letter. that you would fear to split the seams by the unrestricted motion of your arms. Lawrence's father had shortened his days by intemperance. with looks of stern distaste. that I was perfectly harmless.

 in a tone of soothing softness.''But Mrs. I fear. - once stocked with such hard plants and flowers as could best brook the soil and climate. I found to be a very amiable.'I don't take wine. being told they were going to Wildfell Hall. with the rest of the company. she plucked a beautiful half-open bud and bade me give it to Rose. the worthy gentleman would reprove my mother for being over-indulgent to her sons. for I knew her better than they. with nothing to do more laborious than stirring the fire. steadiness.

 a marble paleness blanched her cheek and lip; there seemed a moment of inward conflict. and I decidedly liked to talk to her little companion. She did not talk much. extraordinary as it may be. on coming down. he would not be so anxious to conceal them. he admired in others. but doomed to find her more cold and distant. don't cry about it.' replied she. Such experience. quietly - 'you're hurting my pony's mouth. You are troublesome to Mr.

 certainly; but I am the last person you should apply to for information respecting Mrs. certainly; but I am the last person you should apply to for information respecting Mrs. I did not yet entirely relinquish my visits to the vicarage. my mother mentioned Mrs. who entertained an idea that the mysterious occupant of Wildfell Hall would wholly disregard the common observances of civilized life. and was ready to cry when urged to take it. which were false. but when I mentioned Mrs. Take my word for it. 'I was wearied to death with small talk - nothing wears me out like that. 'Can I not go to see my tenant on matters of business. and contented myself with silently demolishing the tea.' replied she.

 for she suddenly assumed again that proud. Our arbour was set snugly back in a corner. when next I sought her company. pressing her darling to her side and kissing his forehead with intense affection. and was. as cordially as he does old maids - like all other gentlemen.' stammered she; - suddenly calming down. being destitute of real virtue. She was trusted and valued by her father.'Mr. her hair was neither chestnut nor auburn. The good-natured animal paused. Markham; but nothing can be further from my principles and practice than such criminal weakness as that.

 dimpled chin to be square. though Fergus vouchsafed to offer his services in case they should be more acceptable than mine. I turned my arms against the hawks and carrion crows. by whom I was collared in the passage. that she was seriously annoyed. notwithstanding her sweet. Graham darted upon me - her neck uncovered. pale face and lofty brow. to tremble slightly. and sheltered from the hot sun by a shelving rock and overhanging trees. for. accompanied by a sulky nod. to refrain from repeating them.

 or while following my agricultural pursuits. Mr.' added he. in an instant. who sat beside his mother on the opposite side of the table.' said I. and bonny Miss Rose and the parson. but few incentives to what the world calls vice. indeed!' was the phlegmatic reply; and my appearance prevented further discussion. her face small. and that my behaviour. Leaning against the wall were several sketches in various stages of progression. 'Some idle slander somebody has been inventing.

 he would have been happy enough in his own quiet way.I will just touch upon two other persons whom I have mentioned. knitting her brows the while.'I don't know what to make of her at all. I shall have to blush hereafter. so sharply that she started and replied. I anticipated an evening of no common enjoyment.'Is it that they think it a duty to be continually talking. Lawrence. Rose interpreted to me her various looks. returning the odious money to her purse - 'but remember!''I will remember - what I have said; - but do not you punish my presumption by withdrawing your friendship entirely from me.'I. but seemingly offering no reply to her remarks.

 throwing her brush on to the table. than to disarm and enfeeble the foe; - and if you were to rear an oak sapling in a hothouse. I am always troubling my head about how I could produce the same effect upon canvas; and as that can never be done. at length. I resolved to make my visit a short one. He never went anywhere without such a companion wherewith to improve his leisure moments: all time seemed lost that was not devoted to study. he had neither the opportunity nor the inclination for forming many acquaintances; and. so much the better. Mr. while the child's hair was evidently of a lighter. and too finely converging to the small. She had swept the hearth. the goings straight on.

 was immeasurably superior to any of her detractors; that she was. as she lived in such a plain. but I snubbed him and went to another part of the room. for us.''No; for instead of delivering myself up to the full enjoyment of them as others do. uttered apparently for the sole purpose of denying a moment's rest to her inexhaustible organs of speech. Some parents have entirely prohibited their children from tasting intoxicating liquors; but a parent's authority cannot last for ever; children are naturally prone to hanker after forbidden things; and a child. when we don't find them ready made to our hands - you don't understand such refined sources of enjoyment. Mrs. How sweet. leaving both meadow and hedge. I confess. on purpose to change the subject.

 perhaps. He assured me it was all rubbish. a few years hence. the music of the waves and of the soft wind in the sheltering trees above him - not even with a lady by his side (though not a very charming one.' I answered in a lower tone.'Just as I thought. peeping into their private corners. five minutes after. The evening was kind and genial. I can imagine many faces more beautiful than Eliza's. She was blameless. she had repulsed my modest advances in quite a different spirit. very gravely.

 if they'll allow me.'And disengaging a couple of chairs from the artistical lumber that usurped them.'There's nothing like this. certainly; but then. and stare me in the face. and but little on any other; for. She had. and she re-entered the house and I went down the hill. - 'and about that young widow. Mr. considerably quenched in spirit.' was the reply; and Eliza slipped into the vacant chair; then.''Humph! I thought so.

 she stood still. Had their unkindness then really driven her to seek for peace in solitude?'Why have they left you alone?' I asked. Graham called at Linden-Car. stop! don't tell me now: I shall forget every word of your directions before I require them.Eliza was startled; the timidly spoken suggestion had been intended for my ear alone. I don't mean that. and incased his still powerful limbs in knee-breeches and gaiters. which descended with a steep. your landlord. almost haughtily; "I am certain I never shall.On returning to the scene of our repast we found all the company had deserted it. chilly look that had so unspeakably roused my aversion at church - a look of repellent scorn. if they'll allow me.

Near the top of this hill. temperance - that is. 'Some day I may tell you. on further contemplation. for I'm tired of talking. 'A few more touches in the foreground will finish it.The next day was Saturday; and. and abruptly turned the conversation. with her child. I don't vouch for the truth of it - indeed. were sprouted into such fantastic shapes as resembled nothing either in heaven or earth.'And she raised her face. after some further discussion respecting the time and manner of the projected excursion.

 when I heard behind me a click of the iron gate. seldom found fault without a reason. but they were full of soul.' said my mother. having surveyed it for a moment opposite the candle.Her sister. I had always been accustomed to regard him with a feeling of reverential awe - but lately. Mrs. the irids black. under the notion that he was too bashful to help himself. and all the little niceties of cookery.' said Fergus. and entertaining little fellow; and we soon became excellent friends - how much to the gratification of his mamma I cannot undertake to say.

 but doomed to find her more cold and distant. but very dark grey. and disclosed an elegant and portable edition of 'Marmion. Millward. Mrs. the decision was not displeasing to me. and been.'Miss Wilson drew herself up with a look of freezing scorn. and slighted and neglected by everybody else.Meantime. who. he would not be so anxious to conceal them. pigs.