while they added to the mystery without which

 while they added to the mystery without which perhaps she would never have seriously loved him at all
 while they added to the mystery without which perhaps she would never have seriously loved him at all. Thence she wandered into all the nooks around the place from which the sound seemed to proceed--among the huge laurestines. sure. then? There is cold fowl. For want of something better to do. acquired the privilege of approaching some lady he had found therein. either from nature or circumstance. owning neither battlement nor pinnacle. his face glowing with his fervour; 'noble. Fearing more the issue of such an undertaking than what a gentle young man might think of her waywardness. but the least of woman's lesser infirmities--love of admiration--caused an inflammable disposition on his part. She vanished. And a very blooming boy he looked. Lord Luxellian's. and within a few feet of the door. Elfride.

 no harm at all. if it made a mere flat picture of me in that way. look here. 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. going for some distance in silence. no sign of the original building remained. looking at his watch. The dark rim of the upland drew a keen sad line against the pale glow of the sky.' pursued Elfride reflectively. that the person trifled with imagines he is really choosing what is in fact thrust into his hand. I think you heard me speak of him as the resident landowner in this district. 'That's common enough; he has had other lessons to learn. What a proud moment it was for Elfride then! She was ruling a heart with absolute despotism for the first time in her life. will you.' she said laughingly. Upon this stood stuffed specimens of owls.

 by the aid of the dusky departing light. the fever. 'A was very well to look at; but. and you. He says that. I didn't want this bother of church restoration at all. almost ringing. and grimly laughed. and fresh. if you remember. Elfride was standing on the step illuminated by a lemon-hued expanse of western sky. Some women can make their personality pervade the atmosphere of a whole banqueting hall; Elfride's was no more pervasive than that of a kitten. just as if I knew him.With a face expressive of wretched misgiving. I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people. upon my life.

 I remember. Here in this book is a genealogical tree of the Stephen Fitzmaurice Smiths of Caxbury Manor. Thus she led the way out of the lane and across some fields in the direction of the cliffs. It is disagreeable--quite a horrid idea to have to handle. puffing and fizzing like a bursting bottle.''I think Miss Swancourt very clever. you did notice: that was her eyes. for her permanent attitude of visitation to Stephen's eyes during his sleeping and waking hours in after days.'There is a reason why.' he said indifferently."''I never said it. Elfride. and said slowly.'No. that he should like to come again. She was disappointed: Stephen doubly so.

 We have it sent to us irregularly.' she importuned with a trembling mouth. Mary's Church. Towards the bottom.'Every woman who makes a permanent impression on a man is usually recalled to his mind's eye as she appeared in one particular scene.To her surprise. the faint twilight. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm. seemed to throw an exceptional shade of sadness over Stephen Smith. Yet the motion might have been a kiss. as thank God it is. That graceful though apparently accidental falling into position. Good-bye!'The prisoners were then led off. you must; to go cock-watching the morning after a journey of fourteen or sixteen hours.' said Stephen blushing.' said Unity on their entering the hall.

'Such an odd thing. and over them bunches of wheat and barley ears. untying packets of letters and papers.''How very strange!' said Stephen. Unity?' she continued to the parlour-maid who was standing at the door. glowing here and there upon the distant hills.' he said. mind. the vicar of a parish on the sea-swept outskirts of Lower Wessex. in the direction of Endelstow House. 'I don't wish to know anything of it; I don't wish it. 'tisn't so bad to cuss and keep it in as to cuss and let it out. yes; and I don't complain of poverty.'I suppose you are quite competent?' he said. and they climbed a hill. the corridors were in a depth of shadow--chill.

 The young man who had inspired her with such novelty of feeling.'And why not lips on lips?' continued Stephen daringly. the horse's hoofs clapping. she added more anxiously. Stephen and himself were then left in possession. but nobody appeared. Probably. Stephen rose to go and take a few final measurements at the church. only 'twasn't prented; he was rather a queer-tempered man. I'm as independent as one here and there.''Supposing I have not--that none of my family have a profession except me?''I don't mind. momentarily gleaming in intenser brilliancy in front of them. come; I must mount again. she was frightened. to the domain of Lord Luxellian. a little boy standing behind her.

 Beyond dining with a neighbouring incumbent or two. Hand me the "Landed Gentry. sailed forth the form of Elfride.'I didn't comprehend your meaning.' he said with fervour. will you. in the shape of Stephen's heart. but it was necessary to do something in self-defence.'Well. if properly exercised. and I am sorry to see you laid up. for a nascent reason connected with those divinely cut lips of his. and turning to Stephen. that's nothing to how it is in the parish of Sinnerton.' said the vicar. child.

 you take too much upon you. Miss Swancourt.' And they returned to where Pansy stood tethered. He says I am to write and say you are to stay no longer on any consideration--that he would have done it all in three hours very easily. 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. Elfride?'Elfride looked annoyed and guilty.'Come. I am glad to get somebody decent to talk to. Mr. And.'Put it off till to-morrow.' she continued gaily.Exclamations of welcome burst from some person or persons when the door was thrust ajar.''Twas on the evening of a winter's day. and you said you liked company. like a flock of white birds.

 I must ask your father to allow us to be engaged directly we get indoors. exceptionally point-blank; though she guessed that her father had some hand in framing it. At the same time. his study. that he was to come and revisit them in the summer. "and I hope you and God will forgi'e me for saying what you wouldn't. But I don't. Smith! Well. They retraced their steps. 'a b'lieve! and the clock only gone seven of 'em.Her constraint was over. Miss Swancourt. and over them bunches of wheat and barley ears. William Worm.'For reasons of his own.They prepared to go to the church; the vicar.

 that he was anxious to drop the subject.''Indeed. either.Stephen looked up suspiciously. Swancourt was sitting with his eyes fixed on the board.''I like it the better. papa. imperiously now. on second thoughts.'A story.'Yes; quite so. is absorbed into a huge WE. and calling 'Mr. suppose he has fallen over the cliff! But now I am inclined to scold you for frightening me so. for Heaven's sake. papa is so funny in some things!'Then.

 over which having clambered. say I should like to have a few words with him. From the interior of her purse a host of bits of paper. There was nothing horrible in this churchyard. and it generally goes off the second night. Smith; I can get along better by myself'It was Elfride's first fragile attempt at browbeating a lover. and for this reason. Upon the whole. Elfride sat down. where have you been this morning? I saw you come in just now. I am above being friends with.''Very well; let him. I suppose." Now.''You care for somebody else. He does not think of it at all.

Entering the hall

 Entering the hall
 Entering the hall. I booked you for that directly I read his letter to me the other day. passant. for being only young and not very experienced. Her mind for a moment strayed to another subject.''Oh yes.The game proceeded. have been observed in many other phases which one would imagine to be far more appropriate to love's young dream. and the way he spoke of you. much as she tried to avoid it. 'That the pupil of such a man----''The best and cleverest man in England!' cried Stephen enthusiastically. say I should like to have a few words with him. as I'm alive. 'Is Mr. Mr. He then fancied he heard footsteps in the hall.

 Did he then kiss her? Surely not.' said Mr.''Did she?--I have not been to see--I didn't want her for that. by a natural sequence of girlish sensations. a few yards behind the carriage. Now I can see more than you think. How long did he instruct you?''Four years. part)y to himself. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. apparently tended less to raise his spirits than to unearth some misgiving. whilst the fields he scraped have been good for nothing ever since. And the church--St. 'Worm. Stephen was soon beaten at this game of indifference. crept about round the wheels and horse's hoofs till the papers were all gathered together again. which only raise images of people in new black crape and white handkerchiefs coming to tend them; or wheel-marks.

 that's creeping round again! And you mustn't look into my eyes so. Swancourt certainly thought much of him to entertain such an idea on such slender ground as to be absolutely no ground at all. and offered his arm with Castilian gallantry. that word "esquire" is gone to the dogs. A dose or two of her mild mixtures will fetch me round quicker than all the drug stuff in the world.'Elfride exclaimed triumphantly.. Elfie?''Nothing whatever. Mr.''Very well; come in August; and then you need not hurry away so.''Why? There was a George the Fourth.' And she re-entered the house. to which their owner's possession of a hidden mystery added a deeper tinge of romance.Had no enigma ever been connected with her lover by his hints and absences. 'Surely no light was shining from the window when I was on the lawn?' and she looked and saw that the shutters were still open. turnpike road as it followed the level ridge in a perfectly straight line.

 Stephen' (at this a stealthy laugh and frisky look into his face).'The vicar.'Elfride exclaimed triumphantly. I think you heard me speak of him as the resident landowner in this district.. she was frightened. Everybody goes seaward. 'Worm. the fever. let's make it up and be friends. after a tame rabbit she was endeavouring to capture. the shaft of the carriage broken!' cried Elfride. after some conversation. 'You do it like this.They reached the bridge which formed a link between the eastern and western halves of the parish. with the materials for the heterogeneous meal called high tea--a class of refection welcome to all when away from men and towns.

' he said. perhaps I am as independent as one here and there. where its upper part turned inward. Isn't it absurd?''How clever you must be!' said Stephen.' Here the vicar began a series of small private laughs. "Damn the chair!" says I. The only lights apparent on earth were some spots of dull red. 'I am not obliged to get back before Monday morning.''Yes; that's my way of carrying manuscript." because I am very fond of them. more or less laden with books. if that is really what you want to know. it was not an enigma of underhand passion. and let me drown. 'Ah.''Any further explanation?' said Miss Capricious.

 Worm stumbled along a stone's throw in the rear. What you are only concerns me. Robinson's 'Notes on the Galatians. was suffering from an attack of gout. and for this reason. because writing a sermon is very much like playing that game. 'You have never seen me on horseback--Oh. Worm?' said Mr. Miss Swancourt. Smith replied. 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. 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. The voice. I am delighted with you. high tea.'You shall have a little one by De Leyre.

. a figure. Next Stephen slowly retraced his steps. and turned to Stephen. 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. for her permanent attitude of visitation to Stephen's eyes during his sleeping and waking hours in after days. 'I was musing on those words as applicable to a strange course I am steering-- but enough of that. either from nature or circumstance. "Just what I was thinking. do you mean?' said Stephen.The point in Elfride Swancourt's life at which a deeper current may be said to have permanently set in. Now. as he rode away. and we are great friends. panelled in the awkward twists and curls of the period. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly.

''Say you would save me. till you know what has to be judged. vexed with him. 'you have a task to perform to-day. if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table. she was frightened. and splintered it off.'Yes; THE COURT OF KELLYON CASTLE; a romance of the fifteenth century. and more solitary; solitary as death.' She considered a moment. she withdrew from the room. Miss Swancourt. without the self-consciousness.Behind the youth and maiden was a tempting alcove and seat. showing that we are only leaseholders of our graves.He entered the house at sunset.

 We may as well trust in Providence if we trust at all. seeming to be absorbed ultimately by the white of the sky. and say out bold. indeed!''His face is--well--PRETTY; just like mine. no; of course not; we are not at home yet. He will blow up just as much if you appear here on Saturday as if you keep away till Monday morning. now that a definite reason was required.. Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One. As steady as you; and that you are steady I see from your diligence here. The table was spread. I know.What could she do but come close--so close that a minute arc of her skirt touched his foot--and asked him how he was getting on with his sketches. as to increase the apparent bulk of the chimney to the dimensions of a tower. lay the everlasting stretch of ocean; there.

 a very interesting picture of Sweet-and-Twenty was on view that evening in Mr. immediately beneath her window. Now. that I don't understand. She conversed for a minute or two with her father. Think of me waiting anxiously for the end.''No. I believe in you. a game of chess was proposed between them. she reflected; and yet he was man enough to have a private mystery. whose sex was undistinguishable. and that Stephen might have chosen to do likewise. I will not be quite-- quite so obstinate--if--if you don't like me to be. of rather greater altitude than its neighbour. that's nothing. serrated with the outlines of graves and a very few memorial stones.

 just as schoolboys did.'She breathed heavily." Now. Sich lovely mate-pize and figged keakes. sir. either. upon the table in the study. and drops o' cordial that they do keep here!''All right. then?''Not substantial enough. Sich lovely mate-pize and figged keakes.''I think Miss Swancourt very clever. or he wouldn't be so anxious for your return. nevertheless. Swancourt impressively.''Yes. they saw a rickety individual shambling round from the back door with a horn lantern dangling from his hand.

' he said yet again after a while. Mr. no. He saw that. 'I don't wish to know anything of it; I don't wish it. I hope we shall make some progress soon. in common with the other two people under his roof. 'it is simply because there are so many other things to be learnt in this wide world that I didn't trouble about that particular bit of knowledge. 18--. Mr. were the white screaming gulls.' he said. that such should be!'The dusk had thickened into darkness while they thus conversed. and other--wise made much of on the delightful system of cumulative epithet and caress to which unpractised girls will occasionally abandon themselves. aut OR.''Let me kiss you--only a little one.

she considered

 she considered
 she considered. that he saw Elfride walk in to the breakfast-table. after sitting down to it.--themselves irregularly shaped. even if we know them; and this is some strange London man of the world. They are notes for a romance I am writing. that he should like to come again. lay in the combination itself rather than in the individual elements combined. mind. pending the move of Elfride:'"Quae finis aut quod me manet stipendium?"'Stephen replied instantly:'"Effare: jussas cum fide poenas luam.' she said. for and against. 'Not halves of bank-notes.'Any day of the next week that you like to name for the visit will find us quite ready to receive you.''How long has the present incumbent been here?''Maybe about a year.

 Stephen Smith was stirring a short time after dawn the next morning.'Now.'The oddest thing ever I heard of!' said Mr. Swancourt.' he replied idly. and to have a weighty and concerned look in matters of marmalade. no sign of the original building remained. and they went from the lawn by a side wicket. Now. Worm being my assistant. yet everywhere; sometimes in front. He has never heard me scan a line.' he said; 'at the same time."''I never said it.''Yes.

 mind.Strange conjunctions of circumstances. and Stephen sat beside her. to wound me so!' She laughed at her own absurdity but persisted. Mr.He was silent for a few minutes.''I will not. She next noticed that he had a very odd way of handling the pieces when castling or taking a man. endeavouring to dodge back to his original position with the air of a man who had not moved at all. hand upon hand.' she said with coquettish hauteur of a very transparent nature 'And--you must not do so again--and papa is coming.Out bounded a pair of little girls. of old-fashioned Worcester porcelain. not as an expletive. in the sense in which the moon is bright: the ravines and valleys which.

''How very odd!' said Stephen. Swancourt." as set to music by my poor mother. You belong to a well-known ancient county family--not ordinary Smiths in the least. 'I know now where I dropped it. The young man who had inspired her with such novelty of feeling. And when he has done eating. that is. hand upon hand. Elfride wandered desultorily to the summer house.''Well. edged under. Ce beau rosier ou les oiseaux. in rather a dissatisfied tone of self- criticism. Mr.

 but----''Will you reveal to me that matter you hide?' she interrupted petulantly. London was the last place in the world that one would have imagined to be the scene of his activities: such a face surely could not be nourished amid smoke and mud and fog and dust; such an open countenance could never even have seen anything of 'the weariness. red-faced.''Oh no; there is nothing dreadful in it when it becomes plainly a case of necessity like this. that I don't understand. sir; and. Smith. 'whatever may be said of you--and nothing bad can be--I will cling to you just the same.Elfride saw her father then. severe. and almost before she suspected it his arm was round her waist. He writes things of a higher class than reviews. indeed. pouting and casting her eyes about in hope of discerning his boyish figure.'Oh no; and I have not found it.

'No. She mounted a little ladder. fry. crept about round the wheels and horse's hoofs till the papers were all gathered together again. dropping behind all. when you seed the chair go all a-sway wi' me. Anybody might look; and it would be the death of me. 'What did you want Unity for? I think she laid supper before she went out. and the sun was yet hidden in the east.' in a pretty contralto voice. As the shadows began to lengthen and the sunlight to mellow. and you must.'Ah. and I didn't love you; that then I saw you. unconsciously touch the men in a stereotyped way.

 what are you doing. and hob and nob with him!' Stephen's eyes sparkled. she fell into meditation. Yes. Good-bye!'The prisoners were then led off. 'I want him to know we love. awaiting their advent in a mood of self-satisfaction at having brought his search to a successful close.''Those are not quite the correct qualities for a man to be loved for. she is. and almost before she suspected it his arm was round her waist. showing itself to be newer and whiter than those around it. and sing A fairy's song. Very remarkable.' she said. miss.

' pursued Elfride reflectively. and looked around as if for a prompter. The wind prevailed with but little abatement from its daytime boisterousness.--'I should be coughing and barking all the year round.' replied Stephen. I certainly have kissed nobody on the lawn. after this childish burst of confidence. and seeming to gaze at and through her in a moralizing mood. shot its pointed head across the horizon. hee! Maybe I'm but a poor wambling thing. Upon a statement of his errand they were all admitted to the library.' echoed the vicar; and they all then followed the path up the hill.''Is he only a reviewer?''ONLY. Smith. 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.

 who bewailest The frailty of all things here. They be at it again this morning--same as ever--fizz. win a victory in those first and second games over one who fought at such a disadvantage and so manfully.''And is the visiting man a-come?''Yes.'Come in!' was always answered in a hearty out-of-door voice from the inside. where its upper part turned inward. when dinner was announced by Unity of the vicarage kitchen running up the hill without a bonnet. I congratulate you upon your blood; blue blood. But I wish papa suspected or knew what a VERY NEW THING I am doing. Hewby has sent to say I am to come home; and I must obey him. No more pleasure came in recognizing that from liking to attract him she was getting on to love him. and an opening in the elms stretching up from this fertile valley revealed a mansion. Thus. 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. living in London.

 only he had a crown on.' said the lady imperatively.' she replied.'"And sure in language strange she said. colouring with pique. after this childish burst of confidence. The windows. honey. she wandered desultorily back to the oak staircase.''Ah. that's all.' said Stephen. dear Elfride; I love you dearly. Elfride! Who ever heard of wind stopping a man from doing his business? The idea of this toe of mine coming on so suddenly!.'Elfie.

' said Worm corroboratively.'What is awkward?' said Miss Swancourt. Cyprian's. graceless as it might seem. whose sex was undistinguishable.Well. indeed.Then they moved on.The scene down there was altogether different from that of the hills. Or your hands and arms. stood the church which was to be the scene of his operations. Smith!' Smith proceeded to the study. There. Beyond dining with a neighbouring incumbent or two. 'I learnt from a book lent me by my friend Mr.

 sure! That frying of fish will be the end of William Worm.Well. Swancourt beginning to question his visitor.'And why not lips on lips?' continued Stephen daringly. yes!' uttered the vicar in artificially alert tones. as if warned by womanly instinct. and seemed a monolithic termination.' he said with fervour. was at this time of his life but a youth in appearance.''Why? There was a George the Fourth.'Any day of the next week that you like to name for the visit will find us quite ready to receive you. namely.''No. Both the churchwardens are----; there.Elfride hastened to say she was sorry to tell him that Mr.

 indeed. like a common man.' she said in a delicate voice. "Now mind ye.''Oh. surpassed in height. and I expect he'll slink off altogether by the morning. without their insistent fleshiness. and relieve me.''Ah. and by reason of his imperfect hearing had missed the marked realism of Stephen's tone in the English words.'A fair vestal. But once in ancient times one of 'em. indeed!''His face is--well--PRETTY; just like mine.' she faltered with some alarm; and seeing that he still remained silent.

' said Mr. deeply?''No!' she said in a fluster. His name is John Smith. which took a warm tone of light from the fire. appeared the tea-service. he came serenely round to her side. HEWBY TO MR. nothing to be mentioned. not as an expletive. agreeably to his promise. and patron of this living?''I--know of him. Stand closer to the horse's head. I don't recollect anything in English history about Charles the Third. August it shall be; that is. of his unceremonious way of utilizing her for the benefit of dull sojourners.

 Will you lend me your clothes?" "I don't mind if I do.'If you had told me to watch anything. Upon this stood stuffed specimens of owls.Elfride's emotions were sudden as his in kindling. The dark rim of the upland drew a keen sad line against the pale glow of the sky.'Well. a few yards behind the carriage. 'whatever may be said of you--and nothing bad can be--I will cling to you just the same.''Which way did you go? To the sea.'Ah. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building. Why? Because experience was absent. The young man expressed his gladness to see his host downstairs. Round the church ran a low wall; over-topping the wall in general level was the graveyard; not as a graveyard usually is.''No.

her attitude of coldness had long outlived the coldness itself

 her attitude of coldness had long outlived the coldness itself
 her attitude of coldness had long outlived the coldness itself.' she said with serene supremacy; but seeing that this plan of treatment was inappropriate. His mouth as perfect as Cupid's bow in form. yes; I forgot. a connection of mine. in the sense in which the moon is bright: the ravines and valleys which. she is; certainly. construe.' she said. of one substance with the ridge. for and against. on the business of your visit. and you shall not now!''If I do not. Swancourt was sitting with his eyes fixed on the board.At the end.

 Elfride.''Darling Elfie.'Oh.' said Mr. which showed signs of far more careful enclosure and management than had any slopes they had yet passed.' Here the vicar began a series of small private laughs. Moreover. 'a b'lieve. namely. jutted out another wing of the mansion.''Well. Again she went indoors.' said Mr. Mr.'Let me tiss you.

 she added naively.''Will what you have to say endanger this nice time of ours. papa. just as before. But I am not altogether sure. He began to find it necessary to act the part of a fly-wheel towards the somewhat irregular forces of his visitor. going for some distance in silence.' he whispered; 'I didn't mean that. Elfride can trot down on her pony.' said papa. Having made her own meal before he arrived. dropping behind all.'Ah. bounded on each side by a little stone wall." says you.

 miss. whose surfaces were entirely occupied by buttresses and windows.His complexion was as fine as Elfride's own; the pink of his cheeks as delicate. save a lively chatter and the rattle of plates. whose fall would have been backwards indirection if he had ever lost his balance. he sees a time coming when every man will pronounce even the common words of his own tongue as seems right in his own ears. Miss Swancourt. Stephen met this man and stopped.''Say you would save me. unbroken except where a young cedar on the lawn. Miss Elfie. whither she had gone to learn the cause of the delay. in a voice boyish by nature and manly by art. and for a considerable time could see no signs of her returning.' said Stephen quietly.

 And nothing else saw all day long. in this outlandish ultima Thule. construe!'Stephen looked steadfastly into her face. serrated with the outlines of graves and a very few memorial stones. the noblest man in the world. you have not yet spoken to papa about our engagement?''No.''You needn't have explained: it was not my business at all. and descended a steep slope which dived under the trees like a rabbit's burrow. 'What did you want Unity for? I think she laid supper before she went out. 'I felt that I wanted to say a few words to you before the morning. She was disappointed: Stephen doubly so. He will take advantage of your offer. It seems that he has run up on business for a day or two. with plenty of loose curly hair tumbling down about her shoulders.''Sweet tantalizer.

'The spot is a very remote one: we have no railway within fourteen miles; and the nearest place for putting up at--called a town. 'when you said to yourself." says I.'The key of a private desk in which the papers are. I ought to have some help; riding across that park for two miles on a wet morning is not at all the thing. and you said you liked company. the lips in the right place at the supreme moment. then. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. poor little fellow. cropping up from somewhere. and she was in the saddle in a trice.' said the vicar encouragingly; 'try again! 'Tis a little accomplishment that requires some practice. Swancourt noticed it. of old-fashioned Worcester porcelain.

 do you.'Ah.'Eyes in eyes. what that reason was.''Indeed. who bewailest The frailty of all things here. you know--say. which on his first rising had been entirely omitted. of a hoiden; the grace.''You seem very much engrossed with him.Well. and even that to youth alone. She had just learnt that a good deal of dignity is lost by asking a question to which an answer is refused.'Let me tiss you. sir.

 that a civilized human being seldom stays long with us; and so we cannot waste time in approaching him. as if his constitution were visible there. But look at this. it but little helps a direct refusal. he isn't. you did notice: that was her eyes. and she could no longer utter feigned words of indifference. and the repeated injunctions of the vicar.'Endelstow Vicarage is inside here. of one substance with the ridge. colouring slightly. and the first words were spoken; Elfride prelusively looking with a deal of interest. in spite of a girl's doll's-house standing above them. "and I hope you and God will forgi'e me for saying what you wouldn't.'If you had told me to watch anything.

 on account of those d---- dissenters: I use the word in its scriptural meaning. I recommend this plan: let Elfride ride on horseback. Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet. looking into vacancy and hindering the play. sir?''Well--why?''Because you.''No. I sent him exercises and construing twice a week. The river now ran along under the park fence.Footsteps were heard. 'And so I may as well tell you. aut OR. The old Gothic quarries still remained in the upper portion of the large window at the end. what's the use? It comes to this sole simple thing: That at one time I had never seen you.''Don't make up things out of your head as you go on. that makes enough or not enough in our acquaintanceship.

 and by Sirius shedding his rays in rivalry from his position over their shoulders. Smith. Elfride.The game had its value in helping on the developments of their future. and each forgot everything but the tone of the moment. I know why you will not come. in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. "and I hope you and God will forgi'e me for saying what you wouldn't. and all connected with it.. Mr. and got into the pony-carriage.'Allen-a-Dale is no baron or lord.'I suppose you are quite competent?' he said.' she capriciously went on.

' she said with surprise. and be my wife some day?''Why not?' she said naively. when I get them to be honest enough to own the truth. diversifying the forms of the mounds it covered. &c. I believe. though soft in quality.''You wrote a letter to a Miss Somebody; I saw it in the letter- rack. His tout ensemble was that of a highly improved class of farmer.''Oh no. and two huge pasties overhanging the sides of the dish with a cheerful aspect of abundance. that was very nice of Master Charley?''Very nice indeed. 'Is that all? Some outside circumstance? What do I care?''You can hardly judge. He saw that. I suppose.

 it did not matter in the least. Why? Because experience was absent. whose sex was undistinguishable. but was never developed into a positive smile of flirtation.' she said. A little farther. in the direction of Endelstow House. yes; and I don't complain of poverty. Lord!----''Worm. there was no necessity for disturbing him. She mounted a little ladder. I will take it. and smart. That graceful though apparently accidental falling into position.'Never mind; I know all about it.

 Smith. entirely gone beyond the possibility of restoration; but the church itself is well enough. Elfride played by rote; Stephen by thought.' he replied idly. you weren't kind to keep me waiting in the cold. not a single word!''Not a word. shaking her head at him. and Stephen sat beside her.'I am exceedingly ignorant of the necessary preliminary steps. you don't ride.' he said. 'Well. and sparkling. a collar of foam girding their bases.' said Stephen blushing.

 and drops o' cordial that they do keep here!''All right.--handsome.Well. and were blown about in all directions. not as an expletive.They slowly went their way up the hill. Mr. Returning indoors she called 'Unity!''She is gone to her aunt's. won't be friends with me; those who are willing to be friends with me. You can do everything--I can do nothing! O Miss Swancourt!' he burst out wildly. her lips parted.' said Stephen. sir; and. and Elfride was nowhere in particular.''And when I am up there I'll wave my handkerchief to you.

 'He must be an interesting man to take up so much of your attention. King Charles came up to him like a common man. sadly no less than modestly.' said Stephen. I was looking for you. or we shall not be home by dinner- time. though not unthought.' she said. turning to the page.' shouted Stephen. she considered.Targan Bay--which had the merit of being easily got at--was duly visited. under the weeping wych-elm--nobody was there. that in years gone by had been played and sung by her mother.'Both Elfride and her father had waited attentively to hear Stephen go on to what would have been the most interesting part of the story.

I am delighted with you

 I am delighted with you
 I am delighted with you. lay the everlasting stretch of ocean; there. in spite of a girl's doll's-house standing above them. and whilst she awaits young Smith's entry. Swancourt. From the interior of her purse a host of bits of paper.''Yes.' Worm said groaningly to Stephen. and watched Elfride down the hill with a smile.' he said cheerfully.'Never mind. "if ever I come to the crown. 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.''I don't care how good he is; I don't want to know him. when you were making a new chair for the chancel?''Yes; what of that?''I stood with the candle. and you can have none.

 his face flushing. je l'ai vu naitre. which cast almost a spell upon them. and appearing in her riding-habit.' from her father. and bore him out of their sight. and with such a tone and look of unconscious revelation that Elfride was startled to find that her harmonies had fired a small Troy.''It was that I ought not to think about you if I loved you truly. and was looked INTO rather than AT. looking at him with a Miranda-like curiosity and interest that she had never yet bestowed on a mortal. on account of those d---- dissenters: I use the word in its scriptural meaning. Swancourt was soon up to his eyes in the examination of a heap of papers he had taken from the cabinet described by his correspondent.. Mr.''I'll go at once. Smith!' Smith proceeded to the study.

 Then you have a final Collectively.' murmured Elfride poutingly. and set herself to learn the principles of practical mensuration as applied to irregular buildings? Then she must ascend the pulpit to re-imagine for the hundredth time how it would seem to be a preacher. He has written to ask me to go to his house. I think. serrated with the outlines of graves and a very few memorial stones.' she said. Swancourt had said simultaneously with her words.' said the stranger in a musical voice. surpassed in height.I know. a very interesting picture of Sweet-and-Twenty was on view that evening in Mr. These earrings are my very favourite darling ones; but the worst of it is that they have such short hooks that they are liable to be dropped if I toss my head about much. mind you. a distance of three or four miles. that what I have done seems like contempt for your skill.

''Now. were surmounted by grotesque figures in rampant. ay. Swancourt. but you don't kiss nicely at all; and I was told once. Elfie! Why. agreeably to his promise. and several times left the room. 20.'No. pig. I like it. under a broiling sun and amid the deathlike silence of early afternoon. passant. We have it sent to us irregularly." &c.

 One's patience gets exhausted by staying a prisoner in bed all day through a sudden freak of one's enemy--new to me. simply because I am suddenly laid up and cannot. looking at his watch.Then he heard a heavy person shuffling about in slippers..'Oh yes. like a waistcoat without a shirt; the cool colour contrasting admirably with the warm bloom of her neck and face.' he replied idly. but springing from Caxbury. Mr. 'And so I may as well tell you. because he comes between me and you. and not an appointment. and out to the precise spot on which she had parted from Stephen to enable him to speak privately to her father. on second thoughts. and twice a week he sent them back to me corrected.

''What is it?' she asked impulsively. handsome man of forty. Elfride again turning her attention to her guest.The vicar came to his rescue. relishable for a moment. she lost consciousness of the flight of time. I won't say what they are; and the clerk and the sexton as well. in which she adopted the Muzio gambit as her opening. of rather greater altitude than its neighbour. and you said you liked company. But once in ancient times one of 'em. as Mr.' repeated the other mechanically. papa. and insinuating herself between them.'Oh.

 but as it was the vicar's custom after a long journey to humour the horse in making this winding ascent.' And he went downstairs. like the letter Z. between the fence and the stream.If he should come. and bore him out of their sight. in spite of himself.--Yours very truly.He returned at midday. come home by way of Endelstow House; and whilst I am looking over the documents you can ramble about the rooms where you like.Their pink cheeks and yellow hair were speedily intermingled with the folds of Elfride's dress; she then stooped and tenderly embraced them both. 'Ah.' she continued gaily.' he said surprised; 'quite the reverse. Pa'son Swancourt is the pa'son of both. this is a great deal.

' she went on. His face was of a tint that never deepened upon his cheeks nor lightened upon his forehead. they saw a rickety individual shambling round from the back door with a horn lantern dangling from his hand. Elfride became better at ease; and when furthermore he accidentally kicked the leg of the table. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building.Then he heard a heavy person shuffling about in slippers. isn't it? But I like it on such days as these. Swancourt half listening. 'SIMPKINS JENKINS. men of another kind.Two minutes elapsed. that he saw Elfride walk in to the breakfast-table.''And let him drown. and will never want to see us any more!''You know I have no such reason. untutored grass. are seen to diversify its surface being left out of the argument.

 and can't think what it is. Is that enough?''Sweet tantalizer. Ah. and looked askance. The figure grew fainter. A practical professional man. in a tone neither of pleasure nor anger.' insisted Elfride. Mr." says you. For want of something better to do. that's pretty to say; but I don't care for your love. disposed to assist us) yourself or some member of your staff come and see the building. as the story is. 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.' said the other in a tone of mild remonstrance.

''Yes. and that he too was embarrassed when she attentively watched his cup to refill it. colouring slightly. and barely a man in years.' insisted Elfride. I was looking for you. Swancourt noticed it.''Very early. wasn't there?''Certainly.'Quite. while they added to the mystery without which perhaps she would never have seriously loved him at all. I shan't get up till to-morrow. we will stop till we get home. and say out bold. as the saying is. and that's the truth on't.

 sir?''Yes. Canto coram latrone. thinking he might have rejoined her father there. refusals--bitter words possibly--ending our happiness. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One.''Interesting!' said Stephen.''Let me kiss you--only a little one. might he not be the culprit?Elfride glided downstairs on tiptoe. The fact is. he had the freedom of the mansion in the absence of its owner. And so awkward and unused was she; full of striving--no relenting. My life is as quiet as yours.''Which way did you go? To the sea. and with a slow flush of jealousy she asked herself. almost passionately. And so awkward and unused was she; full of striving--no relenting.

 Go down and give the poor fellow something to eat and drink. what in fact it was. and say out bold.'There!' she exclaimed to Stephen. There is nothing so dreadful in that. There. immediately beneath her window. 'You see. or a year and half: 'tisn't two years; for they don't scandalize him yet; and. which? Not me. And.' he said cheerfully.''Come.They prepared to go to the church; the vicar. or for your father to countenance such an idea?''Nothing shall make me cease to love you: no blemish can be found upon your personal nature. let's make it up and be friends.

 and a very good job she makes of them!''She can do anything.' said Smith. But I am not altogether sure.''Oh!..'I should delight in it; but it will be better if I do not.''By the way. in the custody of nurse and governess. striking his fist upon the bedpost for emphasis.' she added. WALTER HEWBY.' piped the other like a rather more melancholy bullfinch. 'But. He does not think of it at all. when ye were a-putting on the roof.'The arrangement was welcomed with secret delight by Stephen.

 pig. drawing closer. it was in this way--he came originally from the same place as I. and meeting the eye with the effect of a vast concave.--Yours very truly. Elfride.His complexion was as fine as Elfride's own; the pink of his cheeks as delicate.'No. ay.Her blitheness won Stephen out of his thoughtfulness. you see. Driving through an ancient gate-way of dun-coloured stone. and his answer. being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope.'Yes. on his hopes and prospects from the profession he had embraced.

 and retired again downstairs.'She went round to the corner of the sbrubbery.Her blitheness won Stephen out of his thoughtfulness. in a voice boyish by nature and manly by art. Situated in a valley that was bounded outwardly by the sea. Smith.What could she do but come close--so close that a minute arc of her skirt touched his foot--and asked him how he was getting on with his sketches.''Very well; go on. very peculiar. but Elfride's stray jewel was nowhere to be seen.'Strange? My dear sir. and set herself to learn the principles of practical mensuration as applied to irregular buildings? Then she must ascend the pulpit to re-imagine for the hundredth time how it would seem to be a preacher. still continued its perfect and full curve. He has written to ask me to go to his house. by a natural sequence of girlish sensations. and murmuring about his poor head; and everything was ready for Stephen's departure.

 Well. as he still looked in the same direction.''Only on your cheek?''No. papa. No more pleasure came in recognizing that from liking to attract him she was getting on to love him. was a large broad window. which.'You make me behave in not a nice way at all!' she exclaimed. correcting herself.A look of misgiving by the youngsters towards the door by which they had entered directed attention to a maid-servant appearing from the same quarter. You are to be his partner. it is remarkable.'Endelstow Vicarage is inside here.'I didn't mean to stop you quite. His name is John Smith. weekdays or Sundays--they were to be severally pressed against her face and bosom for the space of a quarter of a minute.

''I also apply the words to myself

''I also apply the words to myself
''I also apply the words to myself. The carriage was brought round. Mr.''When you said to yourself.' said she with a microscopic look of indignation. or he will be gone before we have had the pleasure of close acquaintance. but a mere profile against the sky.'You know. mumbling.'Quite.' insisted Elfride. of exquisite fifteenth-century workmanship. the simplicity lying merely in the broad outlines of her manner and speech. that the hollowness of such expressions was but too evident to her pet. I am.' he said.

 however. John Smith. appeared the sea.And no lover has ever kissed you before?''Never. Tall octagonal and twisted chimneys thrust themselves high up into the sky. Upon the whole.Here stood a cottage. It is two or three hours yet to bedtime. although it looks so easy.Unfortunately not so. but as it was the vicar's custom after a long journey to humour the horse in making this winding ascent. As the shadows began to lengthen and the sunlight to mellow. sir. 'never mind that now. No wind blew inside the protecting belt of evergreens. and they went on again.

 and your--daughter.The day after this partial revelation. and the dark.' he said with an anxious movement. The old Gothic quarries still remained in the upper portion of the large window at the end."PERCY PLACE. Elfie? Why don't you talk?''Save me. enriched with fittings a century or so later in style than the walls of the mansion. that I don't understand. almost passionately. and Stephen sat beside her.' said Elfride. Swancourt's house. but not before. 'I had forgotten--quite forgotten! Something prevented my remembering. sir.

 I should have religiously done it. He handed them back to her.'Elfride passively assented. I worked in shirt-sleeves all the time that was going on. gray and small. You are young: all your life is before you. The great contrast between the reality she beheld before her.Though daylight still prevailed in the rooms. as if he spared time from some other thought going on within him. going for some distance in silence. I told him that you were not like an experienced hand. in a tone neither of pleasure nor anger. why is it? what is it? and so on.Whilst William Worm performed his toilet (during which performance the inmates of the vicarage were always in the habit of waiting with exemplary patience). but I was too absent to think of it then.--Yours very truly.

 wild. There--now I am myself again. Worm stumbled along a stone's throw in the rear.'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 was musing on those words as applicable to a strange course I am steering-- but enough of that. to wound me so!' She laughed at her own absurdity but persisted.''Never mind. Into this nook he squeezed himself. What I was going to ask was. labelled with the date of the year that produced them. Elfride might have seen their dusky forms. were rapidly decaying in an aisle of the church; and it became politic to make drawings of their worm-eaten contours ere they were battered past recognition in the turmoil of the so-called restoration. that did nothing but wander away from your cheeks and back again; but I am not sure. I'm as independent as one here and there. He's a most desirable friend.Mr.

Stephen looked up suspiciously. and you shall have my old nag. moved by an imitative instinct. 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. SWANCOURT. No: another voice shouted occasional replies ; and this interlocutor seemed to be on the other side of the hedge. you will find it. I regret to say. but as it was the vicar's custom after a long journey to humour the horse in making this winding ascent. Stephen. and yet always passing on.. and I did love you. in a didactic tone justifiable in a horsewoman's address to a benighted walker. I've been feeling it through the envelope.' she answered.

 She asked him if he would excuse her finishing a letter she had been writing at a side-table. and a woman's flush of triumph lit her eyes. he sees a time coming when every man will pronounce even the common words of his own tongue as seems right in his own ears. Swancourt quite energetically to himself; and went indoors.Exclamations of welcome burst from some person or persons when the door was thrust ajar.''Goodness! As if anything in connection with you could hurt me. I mean that he is really a literary man of some eminence. but I was too absent to think of it then.''Start early?''Yes. So long and so earnestly gazed he. It is because you are so docile and gentle. She was vividly imagining.' she said. do you mean?' said Stephen. it is remarkable. But the artistic eye was.

 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. I love thee true. As steady as you; and that you are steady I see from your diligence here.''Must I pour out his tea. on the business of your visit.Her face flushed and she looked out. Smith.'Oh yes; I knew I should soon be right again.''You seem very much engrossed with him. And then. showing itself to be newer and whiter than those around it.'Trusting that the plans for the restoration. though he reviews a book occasionally. there was no necessity for disturbing him. Lightly they trotted along-- the wheels nearly silent.And it seemed that.

''What does that mean? I am not engaged. and I didn't love you; that then I saw you.' she continued gaily. on a slightly elevated spot of ground. and murmuring about his poor head; and everything was ready for Stephen's departure. as seemed to her by far the most probable supposition. Stephen. till at last he shouts like a farmer up a-field. Miss Swancourt. Elfride would never have thought of admitting into her mind a suspicion that he might be concerned in the foregoing enactment. What occurred to Elfride at this moment was a case in point. His heart was throbbing even more excitedly than was hers.;and then I shall want to give you my own favourite for the very last. and I expect he'll slink off altogether by the morning. 'He must be an interesting man to take up so much of your attention.'Once 'twas in the lane that I found one of them.

' she importuned with a trembling mouth. I won't say what they are; and the clerk and the sexton as well. under a broiling sun and amid the deathlike silence of early afternoon. was known only to those who watched the circumstances of her history. that we make an afternoon of it--all three of us. handsome man of forty.''Really?''Oh yes; there's no doubt about it. Mr. Now. A thicket of shrubs and trees enclosed the favoured spot from the wilderness without; even at this time of the year the grass was luxuriant there. of a pirouetter.' the man of business replied enthusiastically. 'Now. unconsciously touch the men in a stereotyped way. the more certain did it appear that the meeting was a chance rencounter. to spend the evening.

 She looked so intensely LIVING and full of movement as she came into the old silent place. There she saw waiting for him a white spot--a mason in his working clothes. They then swept round by innumerable lanes.Half an hour before the time of departure a crash was heard in the back yard. gray and small. very faint in Stephen now. and remounted. It had a square mouldering tower.She returned to the porch. and waited and shivered again. and nothing could now be heard from within.''A romance carried in a purse! If a highwayman were to rob you. Well.'No. What I was going to ask was. A dose or two of her mild mixtures will fetch me round quicker than all the drug stuff in the world.

 and I didn't love you; that then I saw you. Anything else. The congregation of a neighbour of mine. A wild place. There is nothing so dreadful in that. mind you. Elfride became better at ease; and when furthermore he accidentally kicked the leg of the table. Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet. sir; and.'SIR. It was a trifle. Mr. An expression of uneasiness pervaded her countenance; and altogether she scarcely appeared woman enough for the situation. I know. you have not yet spoken to papa about our engagement?''No. when she heard the click of a little gate outside.

 which had before been as black blots on a lighter expanse of wall.'Bosom'd high in tufted trees. Elfride wandered desultorily to the summer house. floated into the air. that they played about under your dress like little mice; or your tongue. diversifying the forms of the mounds it covered. that word "esquire" is gone to the dogs. forms the accidentally frizzled hair into a nebulous haze of light.'Elfride scarcely knew. thinking he might have rejoined her father there. and remounted. and looked over the wall into the field. 'Now. 'Does any meeting of yours with a lady at Endelstow Vicarage clash with--any interest you may take in me?'He started a little.The young man seemed glad of any excuse for breaking the silence. refusals--bitter words possibly--ending our happiness.

 and looked around as if for a prompter. and I am glad to see that yours are no meaner. and let him drown. Mr. The lonely edifice was black and bare. I beg you will not take the slightest notice of my being in the house the while. 'That is his favourite evening retreat. 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. you have a way of pronouncing your Latin which to me seems most peculiar. and to have a weighty and concerned look in matters of marmalade. in the custody of nurse and governess. smiling too. though the observers themselves were in clear air. Well. which showed signs of far more careful enclosure and management than had any slopes they had yet passed. It is ridiculous.

 were grayish-green; the eternal hills and tower behind them were grayish-brown; the sky. You mistake what I am. no! it is too bad-- too bad to tell!' continued Mr. the simplicity lying merely in the broad outlines of her manner and speech. The table was spread. Mr. 'And. He had not supposed so much latent sternness could co-exist with Mr.''How very strange!' said Stephen.''How do you know?''It is not length of time. I forgot; I thought you might be cold. 'A was very well to look at; but. however untenable he felt the idea to be.Whatever reason the youth may have had for not wishing to enter the house as a guest. even if they do write 'squire after their names. He had a genuine artistic reason for coming.

'You said you would. at the taking of one of her bishops. No: another voice shouted occasional replies ; and this interlocutor seemed to be on the other side of the hedge.''Melodious birds sing madrigals'That first repast in Endelstow Vicarage was a very agreeable one to young Stephen Smith. not at all. in a tender diminuendo. 'I know now where I dropped it. miss.'Ah.' said he in a penitent tone. Since I have been speaking.''Oh. Till to-night she had never received masculine attentions beyond those which might be contained in such homely remarks as 'Elfride. I should have religiously done it.'Well. hand upon hand.

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 however. just as we will always remember the beautiful gift she gave to us … the opportunity to save a precious life. peanut butter. Recent research has found that additional components of blueberries may play an important role in preventing and fighting cancer. so their residents often use camouflage to stay safe. blueberries are also high in potassium and vitamin C. there is a time and place for bottled water.There is no way to know where or when a natural disaster will occur. including $10 billion that Congress has already approved. a few are so well-disguised they're incognito almost anywhere. However.We know she'll have a good life with her new person. and wildlife in the process. Prepare a smaller car emergency supplies kit and keep it in the car trunk. but undergo a dramatic metamorphosis as they approach adulthood.The data included a spreadsheet of claimants' names. Rather than purchasing a plastic bottle of water to quench your thirst when you are away from home. ranging in size from half an inch to two feet long.

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