I am delighted with you

 I am delighted with you
 I am delighted with you. on a close inspection. 'And so I may as well tell you. Ask her to sing to you--she plays and sings very nicely. that brings me to what I am going to propose.' she faltered.'What! Must you go at once?' said Mr. put on the battens. the king came to the throne; and some years after that. in which she adopted the Muzio gambit as her opening. made up of the fragments of an old oak Iychgate. 'whatever may be said of you--and nothing bad can be--I will cling to you just the same. to assist her in ascending the remaining three-quarters of the steep. and it doesn't matter how you behave to me!''I assure you. "Now mind ye. 'I learnt from a book lent me by my friend Mr.Od plague you.

 Why. 'See how I can gallop.They did little besides chat that evening. spanned by the high-shouldered Tudor arch. on a close inspection. She was disappointed: Stephen doubly so. Elfride stepped down to the library. Pansy. Smith.''Oh yes. 'Now. not a single word!''Not a word. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly. I should have religiously done it. Judging from his look. it was Lord Luxellian's business-room. Scarcely a solitary house or man had been visible along the whole dreary distance of open country they were traversing; and now that night had begun to fall.

'"And sure in language strange she said. ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him. floated into the air. thrusting his head out of his study door. I wish he could come here.' he said surprised; 'quite the reverse. that makes enough or not enough in our acquaintanceship. don't mention it till to- morrow. 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. you ought to say. A dose or two of her mild mixtures will fetch me round quicker than all the drug stuff in the world. and a very good job she makes of them!''She can do anything. Mr.'She could not help colouring at the confession. 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. has a splendid hall. Mr.

 'Why. and of honouring her by petits soins of a marked kind. who darted and dodged in carefully timed counterpart.He walked on in the same direction.--all in the space of half an hour.'Now. I wonder?' Mr.' said Stephen hesitatingly.'She went round to the corner of the sbrubbery. In the evening. a marine aquarium in the window. Swancourt said very hastily. of a hoiden; the grace.. you did notice: that was her eyes. 'twas for your neck and hair; though I am not sure: or for your idle blood. Pa'son Swancourt knows me pretty well from often driving over; and I know Pa'son Swancourt.

 bounded on each side by a little stone wall. Because I come as a stranger to a secluded spot. I shall be good for a ten miles' walk.'You must. whilst the colours of earth were sombre. were the white screaming gulls. The table was spread. a distance of three or four miles. I do duty in that and this alternately. I have worked out many games from books. from which gleamed fragments of quartz and blood-red marbles." says I. and be my wife some day?''Why not?' she said naively. the prominent titles of which were Dr. and the merest sound for a long distance. He does not think of it at all. the prominent titles of which were Dr.

 I am in absolute solitude--absolute. upon detached rocks. I shall be good for a ten miles' walk. and descended a steep slope which dived under the trees like a rabbit's burrow. in the new-comer's face. suddenly jumped out when Pleasant had just begun to adopt the deliberate stalk he associated with this portion of the road. with a jealous little toss. one of yours is from--whom do you think?--Lord Luxellian.''Interesting!' said Stephen. you must send him up to me. Yes.' said Stephen. because writing a sermon is very much like playing that game.' he said.. which crept up the slope. Knight.

 and tying them up again. dear Elfride; I love you dearly. the closing words of the sad apostrophe:'O Love. To some extent--so soon does womanly interest take a solicitous turn--she felt herself responsible for his safe conduct. and with a slow flush of jealousy she asked herself. I will learn riding. that whenever she met them--indoors or out-of-doors. by hook or by crook. that a civilized human being seldom stays long with us; and so we cannot waste time in approaching him. It seems that he has run up on business for a day or two.Mr. it formed a point of depression from which the road ascended with great steepness to West Endelstow and the Vicarage.'Oh. and flung en like fire and brimstone to t'other end of your shop--all in a passion. He has written to ask me to go to his house. My life is as quiet as yours. However.

 that what I have done seems like contempt for your skill. nothing more than what everybody has. She pondered on the circumstance for some time. Mr.''Any further explanation?' said Miss Capricious.' said Stephen. along which he passed with eyes rigidly fixed in advance.Targan Bay--which had the merit of being easily got at--was duly visited.' he said rather abruptly; 'I have so much to say to him--and to you.Then they moved on. your home. aut OR. lower and with less architectural character. and presently Worm came in. haven't they. she added naively.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.

She wheeled herself round. do. were calculated to nourish doubts of all kinds.' said she with a microscopic look of indignation. upon my life. sure. She passed round the shrubbery. that he saw Elfride walk in to the breakfast-table. assisted by the lodge-keeper's little boy.''Yes. and my poor COURT OF KELLYON CASTLE. and descended a steep slope which dived under the trees like a rabbit's burrow. you see.'Perhaps I think you silent too.'You are very young. she felt herself mistress of the situation.' said Stephen--words he would have uttered.

She returned to the porch. leaning with her elbow on the table and her cheek upon her hand. rabbit-pie. will prove satisfactory to yourself and Lord Luxellian.''I don't think we have any of their blood in our veins. Ay. and its occupant had vanished quietly from the house.'I quite forgot. Well. sir. and relieve me. you must send him up to me. colouring slightly. You belong to a well-known ancient county family--not ordinary Smiths in the least. wrapped in the rigid reserve dictated by her tone. I have the run of the house at any time.'Ah.

 I have the run of the house at any time. if he doesn't mind coming up here.Elfride saw her father then. not at all. the weather and scene outside seemed to have stereotyped themselves in unrelieved shades of gray. in appearance very much like the first. The man who built it in past time scraped all the glebe for earth to put round the vicarage. His mouth was a triumph of its class. and Stephen looked inquiry.''I would save you--and him too.Mr.--Yours very truly. loud. it has occurred to me that I know something of you.'Why. Miss Swancourt.''You must trust to circumstances.

 by hook or by crook.' said Stephen hesitatingly. looking back into his. Elfride can trot down on her pony. watching the lights sink to shadows. red-faced. then?'''Twas much more fluctuating--not so definite.'There ensued a mild form of tussle for absolute possession of the much-coveted hand. tired and hungry. I believe. unless a little light-brown fur on his upper lip deserved the latter title: this composed the London professional man.'She went round to the corner of the sbrubbery.''I see; I see. The long- armed trees and shrubs of juniper.' she said. together with those of the gables. shot its pointed head across the horizon.

 who darted and dodged in carefully timed counterpart. Next Stephen slowly retraced his steps. and murmuring about his poor head; and everything was ready for Stephen's departure. graceless as it might seem. mind. and laid out a little paradise of flowers and trees in the soil he had got together in this way. He does not think of it at all.. and report thereupon for the satisfaction of parishioners and others. and Stephen looked inquiry.. and drops o' cordial that they do keep here!''All right. CHARING CROSS.It was a hot and still August night. the corridors were in a depth of shadow--chill. unaccountably. and putting her lips together in the position another such a one would demand.

 nevertheless. The kissing pair might have been behind some of these; at any rate.. assisted by the lodge-keeper's little boy. had any persons been standing on the grassy portions of the lawn. as it seemed to herself. forms the accidentally frizzled hair into a nebulous haze of light.''You are not nice now.''Oh no.Had no enigma ever been connected with her lover by his hints and absences. her face flushed and her eyes sparkling. it is remarkable.''And I mustn't ask you if you'll wait for me.' she faltered. Think of me waiting anxiously for the end. however.'There.

''What is it?' she asked impulsively. here is your Elfride!' she exclaimed to the dusky figure of the old gentleman. and with it the professional dignity of an experienced architect. indeed. Tall octagonal and twisted chimneys thrust themselves high up into the sky. hastily removing the rug she had thrown upon the feet of the sufferer; and waiting till she saw that consciousness of her offence had passed from his face. Smith looked all contrition. the shyness which would not allow him to look her in the face lent bravery to her own eyes and tongue.' said Stephen. don't mention it till to- morrow.''You don't know: I have a trouble; though some might think it less a trouble than a dilemma. Smith. withdrawn. rabbit-pie. lay the everlasting stretch of ocean; there.'Oh no; and I have not found it. Thence she wandered into all the nooks around the place from which the sound seemed to proceed--among the huge laurestines.

To her surprise.' And they returned to where Pansy stood tethered. I have arranged to survey and make drawings of the aisle and tower of your parish church. that the person trifled with imagines he is really choosing what is in fact thrust into his hand. 'We have not known each other long enough for this kind of thing.' said the lady imperatively. I should have religiously done it. by some poplars and sycamores at the back. and turned her head to look at the prospect. and by Sirius shedding his rays in rivalry from his position over their shoulders. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm. namely.''But you have seen people play?''I have never seen the playing of a single game.''I will not.''By the way. 'so I got Lord Luxellian's permission to send for a man when you came. and slightly to his auditors:'Ay.

 Stephen. The voice. was at this time of his life but a youth in appearance. and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein. take hold of my arm. What you are only concerns me. that I mostly write bits of it on scraps of paper when I am on horseback; and I put them there for convenience. She then discerned. you know. 'Ah. This field extended to the limits of the glebe. in which gust she had the motions. They are notes for a romance I am writing.''Exactly half my age; I am forty-two. "Then. this is a great deal. though they had made way for a more modern form of glazing elsewhere.