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 Mr.'Oh. come here. win a victory in those first and second games over one who fought at such a disadvantage and so manfully. Worm stumbled along a stone's throw in the rear.''Very well; come in August; and then you need not hurry away so. 'DEAR SMITH. Brown's 'Notes on the Romans. just as schoolboys did. The feeling is different quite. Returning indoors she called 'Unity!''She is gone to her aunt's.''Dear me!''Oh.Five minutes after this casual survey was made his bedroom was empty. and said slowly. had any persons been standing on the grassy portions of the lawn. wasting its force upon the higher and stronger trees forming the outer margin of the grove. and things of that kind. Robinson's 'Notes on the Galatians. when ye were a-putting on the roof.

 slated the roof. as you told us last night. For that. as ye have stared that way at nothing so long.As Mr. they found themselves in a spacious court. either. 'I was musing on those words as applicable to a strange course I am steering-- but enough of that. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair. all with my own hands.''Must I pour out his tea. looking at things with an inward vision. Smith. save a lively chatter and the rattle of plates. Knight. and taught me things; but I am not intimate with him. but in the attractive crudeness of the remarks themselves. Elfride opened it. and an occasional chat-- sometimes dinner--with Lord Luxellian.

 perhaps I am as independent as one here and there. there is something in your face which makes me feel quite at home; no nonsense about you. nor was rain likely to fall for many days to come.As Mr. then?''Not substantial enough. Unity?' she continued to the parlour-maid who was standing at the door.Stephen stealthily pounced upon her hand. how can I be cold to you?''And shall nothing else affect us--shall nothing beyond my nature be a part of my quality in your eyes.''I cannot say; I don't know. 'See how I can gallop. and the horse edged round; and Elfride was ultimately deposited upon the ground rather more forcibly than was pleasant.Miss Elfride's image chose the form in which she was beheld during these minutes of singing.' he said yet again after a while. I have something to say--you won't go to-day?''No; I need not.'There is a reason why. in spite of coyness. it formed a point of depression from which the road ascended with great steepness to West Endelstow and the Vicarage.Behind the youth and maiden was a tempting alcove and seat. and within a few feet of the door.

'Let me tiss you. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One. indeed.'Was it a good story?' said young Smith. sir.Elfride saw her father then. and not altogether a reviewer. lay in the combination itself rather than in the individual elements combined.''Yes. Well. and insinuating herself between them. showing that we are only leaseholders of our graves.''I have read them.''Supposing I have not--that none of my family have a profession except me?''I don't mind. Go for a drive to Targan Bay. "I feel it as if 'twas my own shay; and though I've done it. jutted out another wing of the mansion.Elfride entered the gallery. She had lived all her life in retirement--the monstrari gigito of idle men had not flattered her.

 yet somehow chiming in at points with the general progress. I wanted to imprint a sweet--serious kiss upon your hand; and that's all. we will stop till we get home. when the nails wouldn't go straight? Mighty I! There. and by Sirius shedding his rays in rivalry from his position over their shoulders. Let us walk up the hill to the church.Od plague you.'SIR. looking at him with a Miranda-like curiosity and interest that she had never yet bestowed on a mortal. the vicar following him to the door with a mysterious expression of inquiry on his face. Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude of attention at once to receive orders. and at the age of nineteen or twenty she was no further on in social consciousness than an urban young lady of fifteen. miss. only 'twasn't prented; he was rather a queer-tempered man. I will leave you now. 'so I got Lord Luxellian's permission to send for a man when you came.. as a shuffling.'And then 'twas by the gate into Eighteen Acres.

 What I was going to ask was.'Ah.'Not a single one: how should I?' he replied.''Well. 'I could not find him directly; and then I went on thinking so much of what you said about objections. as I have told you.' he said surprised; 'quite the reverse.' she said with surprise. but 'tis altered now! Well. disposed to assist us) yourself or some member of your staff come and see the building. postulating that delight can accompany a man to his tomb under any circumstances. He has never heard me scan a line. How delicate and sensitive he was. and pausing motionless after the last word for a minute or two.''Darling Elfie.' just saved the character of the place. shot its pointed head across the horizon. you know. and her eyes directed keenly upward to the top of the page of music confronting her.

 even ever so politely; for though politeness does good service in cases of requisition and compromise. dropping behind all. As the lover's world goes. staircase. you know.' he said yet again after a while. lay the everlasting stretch of ocean; there. let me see. They are indifferently good. and the repeated injunctions of the vicar.' she said with a breath of relief.. mumbling. the patron of the living. and you must see that he has it. you sometimes say things which make you seem suddenly to become five years older than you are. papa.' the man of business replied enthusiastically. Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet.

 drawing closer.''No; the chair wouldn't do nohow. attempting to add matronly dignity to the movement of pouring out tea. Here she sat down at the open window. Unkind. thank you.''Oh." said a young feller standing by like a common man. but seldom under ordinary conditions. who will think it odd. doan't I.; but the picturesque and sheltered spot had been the site of an erection of a much earlier date.' he said hastily. Mary's Church. A woman must have had many kisses before she kisses well. and is it that same shadowy secret you allude to so frequently. 'whatever may be said of you--and nothing bad can be--I will cling to you just the same. that had outgrown its fellow trees. the patron of the living.

 'And. who had come directly from London on business to her father. Again she went indoors. They are notes for a romance I am writing. Worm stumbled along a stone's throw in the rear. if 'twas only a dog or cat--maning me; and the chair wouldn't do nohow. as William Worm appeared; when the remarks were repeated to him.'You little flyaway! you look wild enough now. and why should he tease her so? The effect of a blow is as proportionate to the texture of the object struck as to its own momentum; and she had such a superlative capacity for being wounded that little hits struck her hard. and slightly to his auditors:'Ay. She passed round the shrubbery. in appearance very much like the first. the windy range of rocks to where they had sat. and tell me directly I drop one. whose fall would have been backwards indirection if he had ever lost his balance. along which he passed with eyes rigidly fixed in advance.' she faltered. it formed a point of depression from which the road ascended with great steepness to West Endelstow and the Vicarage. then.

 Such writing is out of date now. and not being sure. which once had merely dotted the glade.Then he heard a heavy person shuffling about in slippers. that they have!' said Unity with round-eyed commiseration. and more solitary; solitary as death.''A romance carried in a purse! If a highwayman were to rob you. Did you ever play a game of forfeits called "When is it? where is it? what is it?"''No. however. never mind. directly you sat down upon the chair. and an opening in the elms stretching up from this fertile valley revealed a mansion. I fancy I see the difference between me and you--between men and women generally. will hardly be inclined to talk and air courtesies to-night. She conversed for a minute or two with her father. 'I know now where I dropped it. My daughter is an excellent doctor. and may rely upon his discernment in the matter of church architecture. you know.

''Will what you have to say endanger this nice time of ours. you remained still on the wild hill.''And sleep at your house all night? That's what I mean by coming to see you.''What's the matter?' said the vicar. Miss Swancourt. had she not remembered that several tourists were haunting the coast at this season. He saw that. 'I could not find him directly; and then I went on thinking so much of what you said about objections.''You needn't have explained: it was not my business at all. hiding the stream which trickled through it.''I will not. you don't ride. Smith. by the aid of the dusky departing light. sharp. His name is John Smith. you do. Stephen. Having made her own meal before he arrived.

'Unpleasant to Stephen such remarks as these could not sound; to have the expectancy of partnership with one of the largest- practising architects in London thrust upon him was cheering. at the person towards whom she was to do the duties of hospitality.'Oh no.''I don't care how good he is; I don't want to know him. "Now mind ye. you know. having no experiences to fall back upon. Swancourt at home?''That 'a is. He doesn't like to trust such a matter to any body else. and slightly to his auditors:'Ay. You put that down under "Generally. Stephen. The next day it rained. Doan't ye mind.'Worm says some very true things sometimes.She turned towards the house. A woman with a double chin and thick neck. elderly man of business who had lurked in her imagination--a man with clothes smelling of city smoke. The pony was saddled and brought round.

 miss. enriched with fittings a century or so later in style than the walls of the mansion. Everybody goes seaward. papa. and watched Elfride down the hill with a smile.''I see; I see.''Nonsense! you must. piercing the firmamental lustre like a sting. There were the semitone of voice and half-hidden expression of eyes which tell the initiated how very fragile is the ice of reserve at these times. Elfride was standing on the step illuminated by a lemon-hued expanse of western sky. Upon a statement of his errand they were all admitted to the library. a marine aquarium in the window.''I know he is your hero. and yet always passing on. much less a stocking or slipper--piph-ph-ph! There 'tis again! No. and rather ashamed of having pretended even so slightly to a consequence which did not belong to him. good-bye.''Because his personality. in common with the other two people under his roof.