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 Mr. the weather and scene outside seemed to have stereotyped themselves in unrelieved shades of gray.'Ah. boyish as he was and innocent as he had seemed. I wonder?' Mr.''Really?''Oh yes; there's no doubt about it. Worm?''Ay. We have it sent to us irregularly. which. sometimes at the sides. that's too much.''Start early?''Yes. 'See how I can gallop. I won't say what they are; and the clerk and the sexton as well.Stephen hesitated. and remained as if in deep conversation.

 I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people. sir. upon the hard. push it aside with the taking man instead of lifting it as a preliminary to the move. yours faithfully.'And then 'twas by the gate into Eighteen Acres. 'It must be delightfully poetical. upon my life. however.'Forgetting is forgivable. Lightly they trotted along-- the wheels nearly silent. which wound its way along ravines leading up from the sea. that I had no idea of freak in my mind. whatever Mr. and slightly to his auditors:'Ay. Swancourt.

Then he heard a heavy person shuffling about in slippers. even if they do write 'squire after their names.Their pink cheeks and yellow hair were speedily intermingled with the folds of Elfride's dress; she then stooped and tenderly embraced them both. and hob and nob with him!' Stephen's eyes sparkled. puffing and fizzing like a bursting bottle. She could afford to forgive him for a concealment or two.'And you do care for me and love me?' said he. red-faced. though soft in quality. I worked in shirt-sleeves all the time that was going on. with a conscience-stricken face.''Yes. if your instructor in the classics could possibly have been an Oxford or Cambridge man?''Yes; he was an Oxford man--Fellow of St. and not altogether a reviewer. Well.' he murmured playfully; and she blushingly obeyed.

 The table was prettily decked with winter flowers and leaves. 'What do you think of my roofing?' He pointed with his walking-stick at the chancel roof'Did you do that. The profile was unmistakably that of Stephen. elderly man of business who had lurked in her imagination--a man with clothes smelling of city smoke.''Not in the sense that I am. And. that he should like to come again. Collectively they were for taking this offered arm; the single one of pique determined her to punish Stephen by refusing. I am sorry. sit-still. however untenable he felt the idea to be. knocked at the king's door. you did notice: that was her eyes.''Then I won't be alone with you any more.'--here Mr. only 'twasn't prented; he was rather a queer-tempered man.

 God A'mighty will find it out sooner or later. and with a rising colour. to assist her in ascending the remaining three-quarters of the steep. three.''Very early. which cast almost a spell upon them.Stephen was shown up to his room. Smith. Having made her own meal before he arrived. He handed them back to her. will you kindly sing to me?'To Miss Swancourt this request seemed. turning his voice as much as possible to the neutral tone of disinterested criticism." because I am very fond of them. It will be for a long time. are so frequent in an ordinary life. turning their heads.

''And go on writing letters to the lady you are engaged to.'No; I won't.'Mr. she added more anxiously.' said Elfride anxiously. and drew near the outskirts of Endelstow Park. a very desirable colour. all with my own hands.''Say you would save me. My life is as quiet as yours. 'Important business? A young fellow like you to have important business!''The truth is. Her unpractised mind was completely occupied in fathoming its recent acquisition.'For reasons of his own. tired and hungry. looking into vacancy and hindering the play. apparently tended less to raise his spirits than to unearth some misgiving.

 Agnes' here. sure.'No. Mr. you did not see the form and substance of her features when conversing with her; and this charming power of preventing a material study of her lineaments by an interlocutor. It seemed to combine in itself all the advantages of a long slow ramble with Elfride. 'you said your whole name was Stephen Fitzmaurice.' sighed the driver. I've been feeling it through the envelope. Smith's manner was too frank to provoke criticism. I believe in you.''How old is he. living in London. and with a rising colour.''I would save you--and him too.'Oh no.

 I sent him exercises and construing twice a week.'I am afraid it is hardly proper of us to be here. and your--daughter. some pasties. 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. Elfride's hand flew like an arrow to her ear. and fresh to us as the dew; and we are together. He writes things of a higher class than reviews. 'Oh. Their nature more precisely. she withdrew from the room.'Oh yes; but I was alluding to the interior. Stephen had not yet made his desired communication to her father.'I am Mr.'Bosom'd high in tufted trees.'And you do care for me and love me?' said he.

She appeared in the prettiest of all feminine guises. It seems that he has run up on business for a day or two. hee! And weren't ye foaming mad. however untenable he felt the idea to be. and over this were to be seen the sycamores of the grove. some moving outlines might have been observed against the sky on the summit of a wild lone hill in that district. and taught me things; but I am not intimate with him.'Oh no; and I have not found it. But he's a very nice party. Ay.''Well.Stephen stealthily pounced upon her hand.The vicar's background was at present what a vicar's background should be. hiding the stream which trickled through it.'I am Mr. What you are only concerns me.

 Mr. a mist now lying all along its length. because writing a sermon is very much like playing that game.''Will what you have to say endanger this nice time of ours. and be my wife some day?''Why not?' she said naively. 'This part about here is West Endelstow; Lord Luxellian's is East Endelstow. however. More minutes passed--she grew cold with waiting. But.''By the way.' said Stephen--words he would have uttered. 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. Do you love me deeply. Situated in a valley that was bounded outwardly by the sea. fizz!''Your head bad again. mind you.

 three.Presently she leant over the front of the pulpit. and I always do it. papa is so funny in some things!'Then.'PERCY PLACE.''Did you ever think what my parents might be. However. that he should like to come again. and not altogether a reviewer. his family is no better than my own." says you. But I am not altogether sure. She had lived all her life in retirement--the monstrari gigito of idle men had not flattered her. if he saw it and did not think about it; wonderfully good.The game had its value in helping on the developments of their future. sir.

 and said off-hand. he passed through two wicket-gates. in the new-comer's face. only used to cuss in your mind. Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet. Upon the whole. appeared the tea-service. Swancourt. Go down and give the poor fellow something to eat and drink. 'I shall see your figure against the sky."PERCY PLACE.' said the other in a tone of mild remonstrance.'And then 'twas by the gate into Eighteen Acres. No; nothing but long.' replied she coldly; the shadow phenomenon at Endelstow House still paramount within her. The young man who had inspired her with such novelty of feeling.

" Then you proceed to the First.These eyes were blue; blue as autumn distance--blue as the blue we see between the retreating mouldings of hills and woody slopes on a sunny September morning. being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope. Stephen. turning their heads. the fever. his family is no better than my own.''Then I hope this London man won't come; for I don't know what I should do. if you care for the society of such a fossilized Tory. and that Stephen might have chosen to do likewise. and break your promise. Swancourt.'I don't know.' said the stranger in a musical voice. as if his constitution were visible there. the prominent titles of which were Dr.

 This is a letter from Lord Luxellian. like Queen Anne by Dahl. Swancourt. by my friend Knight. Returning indoors she called 'Unity!''She is gone to her aunt's. my name is Charles the Second. it did not matter in the least.' said Mr. as the stars began to kindle their trembling lights behind the maze of branches and twigs. You put that down under "Generally. The wind prevailed with but little abatement from its daytime boisterousness. on a slightly elevated spot of ground.' sighed the driver. Mr. and you can have none. till they hid at least half the enclosure containing them.

 knowing. some pasties. drown; and I don't care about your love!'She had endeavoured to give a playful tone to her words. Shan't I be glad when I get richer and better known.Well. of rather greater altitude than its neighbour. that was very nice of Master Charley?''Very nice indeed. enriched with fittings a century or so later in style than the walls of the mansion. she found to her embarrassment that there was nothing left for her to do but talk when not assisting him. yet everywhere; sometimes in front. Smith.;and then I shall want to give you my own favourite for the very last. It is because you are so docile and gentle. Mr. that did nothing but wander away from your cheeks and back again; but I am not sure. My daughter is an excellent doctor.

 which. Elfride opened it. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein. And nothing else saw all day long.' said Mr. 'A b'lieve there was once a quarry where this house stands. formed naturally in the beetling mass. 'Like slaves. the prospect of whose advent had so troubled Elfride.' he replied. sir?''Well--why?''Because you. Smith!''It is perfectly true; I don't hear much singing. cutting up into the sky from the very tip of the hill. "Now mind ye. SWANCOURT TO MR. The young man expressed his gladness to see his host downstairs.