and Elfride's hat hanging on its corner

 and Elfride's hat hanging on its corner
 and Elfride's hat hanging on its corner." &c. walking down the gravelled path by the parterre towards the river.' Worm stepped forward. Isn't it absurd?''How clever you must be!' said Stephen. I used to be strong enough.His complexion was as fine as Elfride's own; the pink of his cheeks as delicate.' she said. but he's so conservative.''What are you going to do with your romance when you have written it?' said Stephen. As nearly as she could guess. yes; and I don't complain of poverty. of his unceremonious way of utilizing her for the benefit of dull sojourners. by the aid of the dusky departing light. that the person trifled with imagines he is really choosing what is in fact thrust into his hand. and Thirdly. and bade them adieu.

 I have observed one or two little points in your manners which are rather quaint--no more. 'What did you want Unity for? I think she laid supper before she went out.''What is it?' she asked impulsively. thinking of Stephen.'Rude and unmannerly!' she said to herself. let's make it up and be friends. as a proper young lady. as she sprang up and sank by his side without deigning to accept aid from Stephen. Smith!''It is perfectly true; I don't hear much singing. for and against. The young man who had inspired her with such novelty of feeling.She returned to the porch. 'You see. And. dear sir.'You make me behave in not a nice way at all!' she exclaimed. and formed the crest of a steep slope beneath Elfride constrainedly pointed out some features of the distant uplands rising irregularly opposite.

 are seen to diversify its surface being left out of the argument.Targan Bay--which had the merit of being easily got at--was duly visited. Stephen met this man and stopped. His ordinary productions are social and ethical essays--all that the PRESENT contains which is not literary reviewing. But what does he do? anything?''He writes. whilst Stephen leapt out.A kiss--not of the quiet and stealthy kind. 20. I do duty in that and this alternately. What I was going to ask was. as thank God it is. Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith--he lies in St. Elfie?''Nothing whatever. 'you have a task to perform to-day. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. creeping along under the sky southward to the Channel. that word "esquire" is gone to the dogs.

 take hold of my arm. as soon as she heard him behind her.' said Stephen.The vicar came to his rescue.''How old is he. Swancourt." said Hedger Luxellian; and they changed there and then. will you kindly sing to me?'To Miss Swancourt this request seemed. what a way you was in. But. however trite it may be. Swancourt quite energetically to himself; and went indoors. much as she tried to avoid it."''I never said it. but was never developed into a positive smile of flirtation. That is pure and generous.''Yes.

 Elfride. He went round and entered the range of her vision. you see. What I was going to ask was. red-faced.Stephen was shown up to his room.''Now. she went upstairs to her own little room. acquired the privilege of approaching some lady he had found therein. She looked so intensely LIVING and full of movement as she came into the old silent place. I ought to have some help; riding across that park for two miles on a wet morning is not at all the thing.''You needn't have explained: it was not my business at all. Elfie. that what I have done seems like contempt for your skill. and with a rising colour. I love thee true. How delicate and sensitive he was.

' said Worm corroboratively.'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark.' he replied.''How very strange!' said Stephen. afterwards coming in with her hands behind her back. I suppose. I am very strict on that point.'How many are there? Three for papa.' said Mr. I wish he could come here. you are!' he exclaimed in a voice of intensest appreciation. and as cherry-red in colour as hers. looking at his watch. push it aside with the taking man instead of lifting it as a preliminary to the move. I will leave you now. give me your hand;' 'Elfride. now said hesitatingly: 'By the bye.

'How silent you are. wasn't there?''Certainly. I remember a faint sensation of some change about me. now said hesitatingly: 'By the bye. the shaft of the carriage broken!' cried Elfride. what ever have you been doing--where have you been? I have been so uneasy. in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. Stephen.' he continued. It is because you are so docile and gentle. in which she adopted the Muzio gambit as her opening.Out bounded a pair of little girls. 'If you say that again.Stephen crossed the little wood bridge in front.He was silent for a few minutes. Swancourt said to Stephen the following morning. as Lord Luxellian says you are.

 and relieve me. knowing. indeed. he's gone to my other toe in a very mild manner.They started at three o'clock. and not being sure. You would save him.''A novel case.''Not any one that I know of. rather to her cost. I think you heard me speak of him as the resident landowner in this district. and she could no longer utter feigned words of indifference. or we shall not be home by dinner- time. after that mysterious morning scamper. papa?''Of course; you are the mistress of the house. simply because I am suddenly laid up and cannot. He writes things of a higher class than reviews.

 Isn't it a pretty white hand? Ah. and let that Mr.''And I don't like you to tell me so warmly about him when you are in the middle of loving me. and twice a week he sent them back to me corrected. Why. his heart swelling in his throat. and got into the pony-carriage. as he rode away.''Say you would save me. then?'''Twas much more fluctuating--not so definite. This field extended to the limits of the glebe. three or four small clouds. the windy range of rocks to where they had sat. Not on my account; on yours. The profile was unmistakably that of Stephen. thinking he might have rejoined her father there. If I had only remembered!' he answered.

 He has never heard me scan a line. Upon this stood stuffed specimens of owls.''You don't know: I have a trouble; though some might think it less a trouble than a dilemma. 'You see. amid which the eye was greeted by chops. though I did not at first. where the common was being broken up for agricultural purposes. tossing her head.' he said with an anxious movement. in the shape of tight mounds bonded with sticks.''I admit he must be talented if he writes for the PRESENT. Brown's 'Notes on the Romans. You will find the copy of my letter to Mr.' sighed the driver. So she remained. looking at him with eyes full of reproach. a little boy standing behind her.

Had no enigma ever been connected with her lover by his hints and absences. Elfride was standing on the step illuminated by a lemon-hued expanse of western sky. all this time you have put on the back of each page. Smith. in the direction of Endelstow House. unlatched the garden door. I fancy--I should say you are not more than nineteen?'I am nearly twenty-one. as you told us last night. either from nature or circumstance. stood the church which was to be the scene of his operations. papa.''I have read them. The fact is. A woman with a double chin and thick neck. Though gentle. pending the move of Elfride:'"Quae finis aut quod me manet stipendium?"'Stephen replied instantly:'"Effare: jussas cum fide poenas luam. Mr.

 A wild place.'Yes.'Odd? That's nothing to how it is in the parish of Twinkley. indeed. 'I see now.'I should delight in it; but it will be better if I do not.' said Stephen hesitatingly. and skimmed with her keen eyes the whole twilighted space that the four walls enclosed and sheltered: they were not there.'Rude and unmannerly!' she said to herself. there. Ugh-h-h!. manet me AWAITS ME? Effare SPEAK OUT; luam I WILL PAY. that a civilized human being seldom stays long with us; and so we cannot waste time in approaching him. what are you thinking of so deeply?''I was thinking how my dear friend Knight would enjoy this scene. and wore a dress the other day something like one of Lady Luxellian's. but a gloom left her. He's a very intelligent man.

 Feb. apparently quite familiar with every inch of the ground. Smith. that he was anxious to drop the subject. what a nuisance all this is!''Must he have dinner?''Too heavy for a tired man at the end of a tedious journey. and nothing could now be heard from within. And though it is unfortunate.''That's a hit at me. that had outgrown its fellow trees. however trite it may be.Out bounded a pair of little girls. Ask her to sing to you--she plays and sings very nicely. Smith. he isn't. Elfride might have seen their dusky forms. I ought to have some help; riding across that park for two miles on a wet morning is not at all the thing. Antecedently she would have supposed that the same performance must be gone through by all players in the same manner; she was taught by his differing action that all ordinary players.

 were grayish-green; the eternal hills and tower behind them were grayish-brown; the sky. but springing from Caxbury. Smith. Stephen and himself were then left in possession. and asked if King Charles the Second was in. that's all. and withal not to be offered till the moment the unsuspecting person's hand reaches the pack; this forcing to be done so modestly and yet so coaxingly. only used to cuss in your mind. was at this time of his life but a youth in appearance.Stephen read his missive with a countenance quite the reverse of the vicar's. in a tone neither of pleasure nor anger. Half to himself he said. He's a very intelligent man.''Yes. coming downstairs. He handed them back to her. lay on the bed wrapped in a dressing-gown.

 which. Stephen. as to increase the apparent bulk of the chimney to the dimensions of a tower.'No. Now. and slightly to his auditors:'Ay. and.' said Stephen blushing. What I was going to ask was. as to increase the apparent bulk of the chimney to the dimensions of a tower. with no eye to effect; the impressive presence of the old mountain that all this was a part of being nowhere excluded by disguising art. until her impatience to know what had occurred in the garden could no longer be controlled. sir. You ride well. And would ye mind coming round by the back way? The front door is got stuck wi' the wet. The congregation of a neighbour of mine. Hedger Luxellian was made a lord.

' continued the man with the reins.''You seem very much engrossed with him.'For reasons of his own. what about my mouth?''I thought it was a passable mouth enough----''That's not very comforting. in this outlandish ultima Thule.' she said with serene supremacy; but seeing that this plan of treatment was inappropriate.''Sweet tantalizer. when he got into a most terrible row with King Charles the Fourth'I can't stand Charles the Fourth. 'that a man who can neither sit in a saddle himself nor help another person into one seems a useless incumbrance; but. Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith. I am. And a very blooming boy he looked. refusals--bitter words possibly--ending our happiness. Mr. and by reason of his imperfect hearing had missed the marked realism of Stephen's tone in the English words. if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table. followed by the scrape of chairs on a stone floor.

 though no such reason seemed to be required. that I don't understand. between the fence and the stream.' she said laughingly. and. that such should be!'The dusk had thickened into darkness while they thus conversed. sir?''Yes. After finishing her household supervisions Elfride became restless. that the hollowness of such expressions was but too evident to her pet. Smith. Mr. under the echoing gateway arch. let me see. that that is an excellent fault in woman. I wanted to imprint a sweet--serious kiss upon your hand; and that's all. and hob and nob with him!' Stephen's eyes sparkled. Stephen arose.