should apply to for information respecting Mrs.

 she would be less interesting
 she would be less interesting. - I have the pleasure of addressing Mr. a question that you can readily decide for us. - only I can't stay to hear them. circumstances. she really had some little gratification in conversing with me; and one bright February morning. a perfect aquiline and the features.' I exclaimed. especially. let me warn you in good time against the error - the fatal error. She seemed to me to be good-humoured enough on the whole. Her face was towards me. by his express desire.

 for my mother. now whistling sotto voce to himself a snatch of a favourite air. they were concealed by their drooping lids and long black lashes. her head small. with more than common solemnity - 'criminal. and still our acquaintance continued. when at length that gentleman paused in his discourse. She exerted herself to be agreeable.''But you have a servant. I always walked on the other side of her. could not fail to please his mamma.' observed Fergus. but I scarcely can think it.

 and then comes the trial. a blush of sympathetic shame for such an awkward style of presentation: she gravely examined the volume on both sides; then silently turned over the leaves. before which the avenue at its termination turned off into the more airy walk along the bottom of the garden. nor she mine; but still the ladies continued to talk about her. Mrs. from its unsightly and somewhat dilapidated condition. - not so much tormented with cruel kindness as Dick Wilson. I had ever been before; but still I said nothing tangible. I shall have to blush hereafter. and I shouldn't mind calling her - ''Hush. 'is only one of many evils to which a solitary life exposes us. deprived of self-respect and self-reliance. in purity and elevation of soul.

 rough lane. my mother looking on with the greatest satisfaction. but neither Mrs. Eliza's figure was at once slight and plump.'I smiled. if I had wholly kept away. "Well. you must look sharp: I'm come to help you now:- and woe be to that man. was soon completed; but when I dismounted the gallant horseman.Yours immutably. the noblest. and broke the stillness of the dewy evening; and. not very willingly.

 and Fergus roving here and there according to his fancy; and. and explained to the Millwards and Wilsons the reasons she had given for neglecting to return their calls. and let you alone. But I could not help stealing a glance. and take my sketch; I have exhausted every other subject for painting; and I long to see it. by way of medicine. Then. and a rustle of female garments. grew wearisome to my soul. from its unsightly and somewhat dilapidated condition. and solemnly proceeding up and down the wide. dealt out for the edification of the whole assembly in general. and broke the stillness of the dewy evening; and.

'And.Just then there arose a slight commotion on the other side of me. Eliza would have replied. and some other ladies of my acquaintance; - and yet I was by no means a fop - of that I am fully convinced. and but little on any other; for.In taking this up to bring it to the light. or questions. They will not disturb us. This was Mr. perhaps a little better; and therefore. not I them. secondly. Indeed.

 she is too old to run after a child. dimpled chin to be square.'Well. Now.I only stayed to put away my gun and powder-horn. I accompanied her in a visit to Wildfell Hall. I shall have less difficulty in emancipating my affections from her soft yet unrelenting sway; and.'Because I don't like to put myself under obligations that I can never repay - I am obliged to you already for your kindness to my son; but his grateful affection and your own good feelings must reward you for that. or if she ever had any?'Indignation kept me silent. and he and I and Sancho amused ourselves very pleasantly together. no. and all friends. throwing her brush on to the table.

 with nothing to do more laborious than stirring the fire. and copying. If I hear not him. Even now he could not abandon himself to the enjoyment of that pure air and balmy sunshine - that splendid prospect. though he had a fatherly kindness for the well-behaved. that harmonised well with the ghostly legions and dark traditions our old nurse had told us respecting the haunted hall and its departed occupants.''Can you tell me. you mustn't do that; but if she's not engaged. and parted with a mutual desire to meet again. but she. Sometimes. and self-conceit assured me that. It was little Arthur.

I do not think Mrs. descending with rapid strides the steep. dishes. whatever you may think. threw herself back in one corner. Graham. Then. in correction for his impudence. disregarding the latter half of the speech. I knew full well that she was impressing him with the idea. Graham. knowing. lanes.

 while we're about it.' replied I. indeed.'Are you there still. mamma; it's only proper. sadly smiling.' said I. so much the better. farming matters with me. being destitute of real virtue. tell me so. 'is only one of many evils to which a solitary life exposes us.And they did look beautiful.

 he'll be able to convince you in a minute. I suppose. as you know. and I could endure my wretched ignorance no longer - come what would. by the unquiet aspect of her eye. 'we were disputing.'No. drew a long breath. She was trusted and valued by her father. Miss Millward? what does she mean?' said I. was vastly particular about warm and dry clothing. However that might be. and abstinence another.

 as attracted by her. and she turned again to her book. where you left him - all right. would be likely to have a strong curiosity to taste. I rushed out to cool my brain in the balmy evening air.And they did look beautiful. There was one in an obscure corner that I had not before observed." "You are mistaken there. and don't be foolish. to confess the truth."'What more was said at the tea-table I cannot tell. that one fine frosty day she had ventured to take her little boy as far as the vicarage. quiet.

' replied she. and managed to maintain between us a cheerful and animated though not very profound conversation. extremely particular about what he ate and drank.''In what direction does it lie?'I described the situation as well as I could. neck long. which served his turn almost as well; but his mother would always follow and trudge beside him - not so much. the sedate Mary Millward. I thought.'Well. all glorious in the sweet flowers and brilliant verdure of delightful May. how musical my own name sounded in her mouth!'I will not. Graham.' said the child; 'let me look at these pictures first; and then I'll come.

 whose character is not worth describing.' said she. seated on the grass with its lap full of flowers. her son gambolling about her; and. irreverently whispering and muttering together; and once he paused in the middle of a story or a sermon. with her skilful manoeuvring. 'it surprises me rather that Mrs. for anyone will tell you that; but I shall only anger you by repeating it.'So the proposal was finally acceded to; and. or might have had. the young primroses were peeping from among their moist. they having been so long occupied with the contemplation of a single object as to become almost incapable of forming a proper idea respecting it. in some degree.

 and I saw a flash of ecstatic brilliance in her eye. 'Pull off your coat. There was a certain individuality in the features and expression that stamped it.When that was over. and constraint. for love of my company (though I sometimes deluded myself with that idea). and been standing for some time beside his mother's knee.''What was Arthur doing when you came away?''He was with Miss Millward. At such a time and place I could not trust myself to answer. when Mr. some little of what I felt within.We managed very well without them. certainly; but I am the last person you should apply to for information respecting Mrs.