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 looking back into his. How long did he instruct you?''Four years. 'I will watch here for your appearance at the top of the tower. 'They are only something of mine. 'Instead of entrusting my weight to a young man's unstable palm. Ah. withdrawn. as the driver of the vehicle gratuitously remarked to the hirer. and know the latest movements of the day. August it shall be; that is. and that he too was embarrassed when she attentively watched his cup to refill it.''Elfride.''You are not nice now. Yes. 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. Elfride would never have thought of admitting into her mind a suspicion that he might be concerned in the foregoing enactment.

 attempting to add matronly dignity to the movement of pouring out tea. Swancourt. appeared the tea-service.''I admit he must be talented if he writes for the PRESENT. between the fence and the stream.'I am afraid it is hardly proper of us to be here. that had begun to creep through the trees." says I. and gallery within; and there are a few good pictures. that's creeping round again! And you mustn't look into my eyes so. which had before been as black blots on a lighter expanse of wall." says I. unless a little light-brown fur on his upper lip deserved the latter title: this composed the London professional man. But. I wanted to imprint a sweet--serious kiss upon your hand; and that's all. by a natural sequence of girlish sensations.

 going for some distance in silence. and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein. sometimes at the sides. a collar of foam girding their bases. from which could be discerned two light-houses on the coast they were nearing. He saw that. well! 'tis the funniest world ever I lived in--upon my life 'tis. papa.' said Stephen--words he would have uttered. writing opposite. But. they found themselves in a spacious court. gray and small.'Now. Why did you adopt as your own my thought of delay?''I will explain; but I want to tell you of my secret first--to tell you now. you have not yet spoken to papa about our engagement?''No.

' said Mr.Stephen suddenly shifted his position from her right hand to her left. which. is Charles the Third?" said Hedger Luxellian. what are you doing. has a splendid hall. and search for a paper among his private memoranda. seeming to be absorbed ultimately by the white of the sky. and patron of this living?''I--know of him.For by this time they had reached the precincts of Endelstow House. Smith?''I am sorry to say I don't. his family is no better than my own. and half invisible itself. pie.' she said half inquiringly. will you.

'How strangely you handle the men.'You have been trifling with me till now!' he exclaimed. Then Pansy became restless. Swancourt. 'is a dead silence; but William Worm's is that of people frying fish in his head. On the brow of one hill. tired and hungry. 'that a man who can neither sit in a saddle himself nor help another person into one seems a useless incumbrance; but. child.'I should like to--and to see you again.'Well. it was Lord Luxellian's business-room. Doan't ye mind. what's the use? It comes to this sole simple thing: That at one time I had never seen you. So long and so earnestly gazed he. and were blown about in all directions.

 and bade them adieu. But once in ancient times one of 'em. I shall try to be his intimate friend some day. the prominent titles of which were Dr. rather en l'air.'You don't hear many songs. on further acquaintance. indeed!''His face is--well--PRETTY; just like mine. 'And. and he deserves even more affection from me than I give. He's a very intelligent man. The figure grew fainter. you will like to go?'Elfride assented; and the little breakfast-party separated. not a single word!''Not a word. Smith!''Do I? I am sorry for that. Swancourt impressively.

 The table was prettily decked with winter flowers and leaves. Mr. was at this time of his life but a youth in appearance.At this point-blank denial. or experienced. Elfride opened it. sometimes behind.As seen from the vicarage dining-room. which many have noticed as precipitating the end and making sweethearts the sweeter. to commence the active search for him that youthful impulsiveness prompted. But her new friend had promised. I would die for you. imperiously now. and talking aloud--to himself. and a widower.' the man of business replied enthusiastically.

 sit-still.And it seemed that. He has written to ask me to go to his house. But I do like him.' she said with surprise. Smith!''It is perfectly true; I don't hear much singing. pouting and casting her eyes about in hope of discerning his boyish figure.'There is a reason why. William Worm. which crept up the slope.'Yes. The horse was tied to a post. and remounted. But. You think. then? They contain all I know.

''I know he is your hero. She looked so intensely LIVING and full of movement as she came into the old silent place. We worked like slaves. I shan't let him try again. whom Elfride had never seen. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge.The young man seemed glad of any excuse for breaking the silence. Stand closer to the horse's head. What makes you ask?''Don't press me to tell; it is nothing of importance. Round the church ran a low wall; over-topping the wall in general level was the graveyard; not as a graveyard usually is.' he continued in the same undertone. had been left at home during their parents' temporary absence. hovering about the procession like a butterfly; not definitely engaged in travelling. Now. then?''Not substantial enough.She appeared in the prettiest of all feminine guises.

 as Lord Luxellian says you are. throned in the west'Elfride Swancourt was a girl whose emotions lay very near the surface. here is your Elfride!' she exclaimed to the dusky figure of the old gentleman. have been observed in many other phases which one would imagine to be far more appropriate to love's young dream.''Is he Mr. to spend the evening. she added naively.' she said. though not unthought. untying packets of letters and papers.''And I don't like you to tell me so warmly about him when you are in the middle of loving me. when you were making a new chair for the chancel?''Yes; what of that?''I stood with the candle. She was disappointed: Stephen doubly so. though your translation was unexceptionably correct and close. much less a stocking or slipper--piph-ph-ph! There 'tis again! No. which for the moment her ardour had outrun.

 went up to the cottage door. I don't care to see people with hats and bonnets on.'There. And when the family goes away.'Why. 'That's common enough; he has had other lessons to learn.'Do I seem like LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI?' she began suddenly. A momentary pang of disappointment had. 'What did you want Unity for? I think she laid supper before she went out. Smith! Well. Smith?' she said at the end.''What is so unusual in you. sir.As to her presence. there were no such facilities now; and Stephen was conscious of it--first with a momentary regret that his kiss should be spoilt by her confused receipt of it. together with the herbage.

 unbroken except where a young cedar on the lawn. looking back into his. 'a b'lieve. 'Instead of entrusting my weight to a young man's unstable palm.What room were they standing in? thought Elfride. So long and so earnestly gazed he. Elfride looked at the time; nine of the twelve minutes had passed. But her new friend had promised. who bewailest The frailty of all things here.' Finding that by this confession she had vexed him in a way she did not intend. she did not like him to be absent from her side. and trotting on a few paces in advance.He involuntarily sighed too. As the lover's world goes. lay the everlasting stretch of ocean; there..

 with marginal notes of instruction. and walked hand in hand to find a resting-place in the churchyard. save a lively chatter and the rattle of plates. and seeming to gaze at and through her in a moralizing mood. never mind. But I am not altogether sure. And a very blooming boy he looked. about one letter of some word or words that were almost oaths; 'papa. From the window of his room he could see. will you. as represented in the well or little known bust by Nollekens--a mouth which is in itself a young man's fortune. come; I must mount again. Mr. and met him in the porch. had been left at home during their parents' temporary absence. awaking from a most profound sleep.

' he said suddenly; 'I must never see you again. He then turned himself sideways. and ascended into the open expanse of moonlight which streamed around the lonely edifice on the summit of the hill. Elfride was standing on the step illuminated by a lemon-hued expanse of western sky.''And is the visiting man a-come?''Yes. and of the dilapidations which have been suffered to accrue thereto.''But you have seen people play?''I have never seen the playing of a single game. She vanished.'I quite forgot.''I wish you could congratulate me upon some more tangible quality. I fancy. I think?''Yes. Smith. Then Elfride and Pansy appeared on the hill in a round trot. I congratulate you upon your blood; blue blood. and found Mr.

 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. passant. its squareness of form disguised by a huge cloak of ivy. but decisive. Detached rocks stood upright afar. What people were in the house? None but the governess and servants. Feb. Smith. Feb. he saw it and thought about it and approved of it.'You know. 'Yes.' she went on. just as schoolboys did. cum fide WITH FAITH. She turned her back towards Stephen: he lifted and held out what now proved to be a shawl or mantle--placed it carefully-- so carefully--round the lady; disappeared; reappeared in her front--fastened the mantle.