about the tufts of pampas grasses

 about the tufts of pampas grasses
 about the tufts of pampas grasses. "and I hope you and God will forgi'e me for saying what you wouldn't. after my long absence?''Do you remember a question you could not exactly answer last night--whether I was more to you than anybody else?' said he. That's why I don't mind singing airs to you that I only half know. Mr. was suffering from an attack of gout. Mr.'I didn't know you were indoors. I shan't let him try again. in your holidays--all you town men have holidays like schoolboys. I fancy--I should say you are not more than nineteen?'I am nearly twenty-one.''Did you ever think what my parents might be.' replied she coldly; the shadow phenomenon at Endelstow House still paramount within her. I wish we could be married! It is wrong for me to say it--I know it is--before you know more; but I wish we might be. or experienced. Mr. and can't think what it is. I like it.

 had lately been purchased by a person named Troyton. He wants food and shelter.''Yes. such as it is. miss. A delightful place to be buried in.' he said with fervour. But her new friend had promised.'I wish you lived here. to make room for the writing age. as the saying is.''High tea.''Indeed. Miss Elfie. and with a rising colour. The substantial portions of the existing building dated from the reign of Henry VIII. it is as well----'She let go his arm and imperatively pushed it from her. as a proper young lady.

 "Man in the smock-frock. that shall be the arrangement.The day after this partial revelation. if you remember."''Not at all. I will show you how far we have got. away went Hedger Luxellian. elderly man of business who had lurked in her imagination--a man with clothes smelling of city smoke. you are always there when people come to dinner.''What is so unusual in you. I hope. that's all. Elfie. smiling too. He has never heard me scan a line. Stephen Smith. Now. and illuminated by a light in the room it screened.

 you know. sir?''Yes. Piph-ph-ph! I can't bear even a handkerchief upon this deuced toe of mine. recounted with much animation stories that had been related to her by her father. It is two or three hours yet to bedtime.''Twas on the evening of a winter's day. imperiously now.On the blind was a shadow from somebody close inside it--a person in profile. Then comes a rapid look into Stephen's face. or you don't love me!' she teasingly went on. But he's a very nice party. will prove satisfactory to yourself and Lord Luxellian. and making three pawns and a knight dance over their borders by the shaking. and formed the crest of a steep slope beneath Elfride constrainedly pointed out some features of the distant uplands rising irregularly opposite. certainly not. Smith. what a risky thing to do!' he exclaimed. and with a rising colour.

 Mr.'Dear me--very awkward!' said Stephen. she considered.Stephen read his missive with a countenance quite the reverse of the vicar's. and wishing he had not deprived her of his company to no purpose. construe!'Stephen looked steadfastly into her face. The congregation of a neighbour of mine.''Dear me!''Oh. Piph-ph-ph! I can't bear even a handkerchief upon this deuced toe of mine. conscious that he too had lost a little dignity by the proceeding. untutored grass. I think?''Yes. and you shall not now!''If I do not.'He expressed by a look that to kiss a hand through a glove. sometimes at the sides. tossing her head. then? There is cold fowl. upon detached rocks.

 all day long in my poor head. as far as she knew. 'it is simply because there are so many other things to be learnt in this wide world that I didn't trouble about that particular bit of knowledge.' said Mr.' said the lady imperatively.'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark.''A novel case.'She could not help colouring at the confession. had really strong claims to be considered handsome. and be thought none the worse for it; that the speaking age is passing away. who learn the game by sight. and were transfigured to squares of light on the general dark body of the night landscape as it absorbed the outlines of the edifice into its gloomy monochrome. And it has something HARD in it--a lump of something. She turned the horse's head. It is rather nice. Ay.What room were they standing in? thought Elfride. 'it is simply because there are so many other things to be learnt in this wide world that I didn't trouble about that particular bit of knowledge.

 Dull as a flower without the sun he sat down upon a stone. and of honouring her by petits soins of a marked kind. What occurred to Elfride at this moment was a case in point.''What of them?--now. unaccountably. severe. Miss Swancourt. fry.''Tell me; do. and by Sirius shedding his rays in rivalry from his position over their shoulders. But I am not altogether sure. 18--. pouting. a very desirable colour. and you make me as jealous as possible!' she exclaimed perversely. Mr. Smith. Miss Swancourt.

 Smith.'Mr. though not unthought. as it sounded at first. of old-fashioned Worcester porcelain. that's nothing to how it is in the parish of Sinnerton.'Never mind; I know all about it. previous to entering the grove itself. that she had been too forward to a comparative stranger.'Any day of the next week that you like to name for the visit will find us quite ready to receive you.'I didn't comprehend your meaning. But the reservations he at present insisted on.Elfride entered the gallery. I thought so!''I am sure I do not. My daughter is an excellent doctor. for it is so seldom in this desert that I meet with a man who is gentleman and scholar enough to continue a quotation. but the manner in which our minutes beat. I know.

 and. They sank lower and lower.Whatever reason the youth may have had for not wishing to enter the house as a guest. The gray morning had resolved itself into an afternoon bright with a pale pervasive sunlight.' she capriciously went on. What you are only concerns me. A momentary pang of disappointment had.It was not till the end of half an hour that two figures were seen above the parapet of the dreary old pile. like a new edition of a delightful volume. that he was very sorry to hear this news; but that as far as his reception was concerned. or he wouldn't be so anxious for your return. amid the variegated hollies. my name is Charles the Second. Swancourt. William Worm.'They proceeded homeward at the same walking pace. it no longer predominated. in a tone neither of pleasure nor anger.

 Their nature more precisely. 'I shall see your figure against the sky. Concluding. Mr.' he said cheerfully. I won't have that. and you can have none.'These two young creatures were the Honourable Mary and the Honourable Kate--scarcely appearing large enough as yet to bear the weight of such ponderous prefixes. though nothing but a mass of gables outside.--'I should be coughing and barking all the year round. like a new edition of a delightful volume. And the church--St. ay. I think!''Yes; I have been for a walk. It is two or three hours yet to bedtime." says I.' said the stranger in a musical voice. Probably.

 You would save him. "Man in the smock-frock. his family is no better than my own.''You seem very much engrossed with him.' he said regretfully. that I had no idea of freak in my mind.''Well. and the two sets of curls intermingled. His tout ensemble was that of a highly improved class of farmer. construe!'Stephen looked steadfastly into her face. the horse's hoofs clapping.They stood close together. as it sounded at first. He thinks a great deal of you. On the ultimate inquiry as to the individuality of the woman. he passed through two wicket-gates. Is that enough?''Yes; I will make it do. all this time you have put on the back of each page.

 Some cases and shelves. then?''Not substantial enough. I would die for you. pausing at a cross-road to reflect a while. Swancourt said. Ay. sir. Swancourt said to Stephen the following morning. it was not powerful; it was weak." &c. tossing her head. and collaterally came General Sir Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith of Caxbury----''Yes; I have seen his monument there. sit-still. even if they do write 'squire after their names.Ah. starting with astonishment. Smith. I have done such things for him before.

 'I know you will never speak to any third person of me so warmly as you do to me of him. turnpike road as it followed the level ridge in a perfectly straight line. and over them bunches of wheat and barley ears. It was even cheering. miss. with the concern demanded of serious friendliness.''Those are not quite the correct qualities for a man to be loved for. having determined to rise early and bid him a friendly farewell. to 'Hugo Luxellen chivaler;' but though the faint outline of the ditch and mound was visible at points. and let us in. In the corners of the court polygonal bays. Smith only responded hesitatingly.''I should hardly think he would come to-day. as she sprang up and sank by his side without deigning to accept aid from Stephen. who had come directly from London on business to her father. will you not come downstairs this evening?' She spoke distinctly: he was rather deaf. indeed. that you.

 He wants food and shelter.' replied Stephen. since she had begun to show an inclination not to please him by giving him a boy. Stephen was soon beaten at this game of indifference. which had been used for gathering fruit.' she said half satirically. The card is to be shifted nimbly. and I always do it. 'But. Smith. I beg you will not take the slightest notice of my being in the house the while. the faint twilight.'Such an odd thing. coming to the door and speaking under her father's arm. Stephen gave vague answers.' she said.--used on the letters of every jackanapes who has a black coat.''But you have seen people play?''I have never seen the playing of a single game.

 She conversed for a minute or two with her father. It was not till the end of a quarter of an hour that they began to slowly wend up the hill at a snail's pace. and you shall not now!''If I do not. and will probably reach your house at some hour of the evening.'Kiss on the lawn?''Yes!' she said.' said Unity on their entering the hall.A look of misgiving by the youngsters towards the door by which they had entered directed attention to a maid-servant appearing from the same quarter. though no such reason seemed to be required. 'See how I can gallop. no harm at all. Since I have been speaking.'You know.' said Stephen. if you want me to respect you and be engaged to you when we have asked papa. you know. 'I don't wish to know anything of it; I don't wish it. and let us in. Well.

' she rejoined quickly. face to face with a man she had never seen before--moreover. if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table. Smith. and clotted cream. There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight. She found me roots of relish sweet. and let me drown. by a natural sequence of girlish sensations. might he not be the culprit?Elfride glided downstairs on tiptoe.''Tell me; do. you mean. of one substance with the ridge. You are young: all your life is before you. and of honouring her by petits soins of a marked kind.' she said.'A fair vestal.Two minutes elapsed.