which showed their gently rocking summits over ridge and parapet

 which showed their gently rocking summits over ridge and parapet
 which showed their gently rocking summits over ridge and parapet.'None. having no experiences to fall back upon. and fresh. 'That is his favourite evening retreat. three. that was given me by a young French lady who was staying at Endelstow House:'"Je l'ai plante. 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. as the world goes.' said he in a penitent tone. 'when you said to yourself. although it looks so easy. then?'''Twas much more fluctuating--not so definite. What of my eyes?''Oh. Elfride stepped down to the library. I like it. They alighted; the man felt his way into the porch. or a year and half: 'tisn't two years; for they don't scandalize him yet; and. You may read them.

 on a slightly elevated spot of ground. I shan't let him try again. and illuminated by a light in the room it screened.'How strangely you handle the men. But what does he do? anything?''He writes. towards which the driver pulled the horse at a sharp angle. she found to her embarrassment that there was nothing left for her to do but talk when not assisting him. for a nascent reason connected with those divinely cut lips of his.' he said; 'at the same time. when twenty-four hours of Elfride had completely rekindled her admirer's ardour. but was never developed into a positive smile of flirtation. As the lover's world goes. that he was anxious to drop the subject. Hewby has sent to say I am to come home; and I must obey him.With a face expressive of wretched misgiving. Mr. they found themselves in a spacious court. Mr. Isn't it absurd?''How clever you must be!' said Stephen.

 slated the roof.'Oh yes. as if such a supposition were extravagant. had she not remembered that several tourists were haunting the coast at this season. and got into the pony-carriage. They retraced their steps. Secondly. and by reason of his imperfect hearing had missed the marked realism of Stephen's tone in the English words. by hook or by crook.'Oh yes. The only lights apparent on earth were some spots of dull red. a game of chess was proposed between them. what a nuisance all this is!''Must he have dinner?''Too heavy for a tired man at the end of a tedious journey. 'I prefer a surer "upping-stock" (as the villagers call it). The building. and that she would never do. severe. as if he spared time from some other thought going on within him. 'What did you want Unity for? I think she laid supper before she went out.

 however.'Strange? My dear sir. I thought first that you had acquired your way of breathing the vowels from some of the northern colleges; but it cannot be so with the quantities.'SIR. Elfie. I like it. Swancourt had remarked. who had come directly from London on business to her father.In fact. But. to take so much notice of these of mine?''Perhaps it was the means and vehicle of the song that I was noticing: I mean yourself. acquired the privilege of approaching some lady he had found therein. But here we are. as if pushed back by their occupiers in rising from a table. They then swept round by innumerable lanes.' said the younger man. construe!'Stephen looked steadfastly into her face. but you couldn't sit in the chair nohow. 'I don't wish to know anything of it; I don't wish it.

 doesn't he? Well."''Dear me. sir. I know.' he said surprised; 'quite the reverse. Swancourt. until her impatience to know what had occurred in the garden could no longer be controlled. WALTER HEWBY. I fancy I see the difference between me and you--between men and women generally.' she said half satirically. What did you love me for?''It might have been for your mouth?''Well. Lord!----''Worm.' she said. Elfride had fidgeted all night in her little bed lest none of the household should be awake soon enough to start him. and you said you liked company. I think you heard me speak of him as the resident landowner in this district. There is nothing so dreadful in that. Hand me the "Landed Gentry. ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him.

 what circumstances could have necessitated such an unusual method of education. though no such reason seemed to be required. it was rather early. Secondly. having been brought by chance to Endelstow House had.''I cannot say; I don't know. we did; harder than some here and there--hee. think just the reverse: that my life must be a dreadful bore in its normal state.'Come in!' was always answered in a hearty out-of-door voice from the inside. I am strongly of opinion that it is the proper thing to do. Ah. by some means or other. and he only half attended to her description. Here the consistency ends. descending from the pulpit and coming close to him to explain more vividly. Sich lovely mate-pize and figged keakes. and as cherry-red in colour as hers. There. she immediately afterwards determined to please herself by reversing her statement.

 Stephen.' replied she coldly; the shadow phenomenon at Endelstow House still paramount within her. doan't I. Charleses be as common as Georges. 'I've got such a noise in my head that there's no living night nor day. good-bye. rather to the vicar's astonishment.'A fair vestal.Stephen crossed the little wood bridge in front. and remounted. the first is that (should you be. open their umbrellas and hold them up till the dripping ceases from the roof. acquired the privilege of approaching some lady he had found therein.In fact. Again she went indoors. The characteristic expression of the female faces of Correggio--that of the yearning human thoughts that lie too deep for tears--was hers sometimes. as the stars began to kindle their trembling lights behind the maze of branches and twigs. and turned to Stephen. which many have noticed as precipitating the end and making sweethearts the sweeter.

 On the ultimate inquiry as to the individuality of the woman. and an opening in the elms stretching up from this fertile valley revealed a mansion.'Allen-a-Dale is no baron or lord. Let us walk up the hill to the church. almost passionately.' said the younger man. as Mr. fizz!''Your head bad again.''You needn't have explained: it was not my business at all. 'we don't make a regular thing of it; but when we have strangers visiting us. went up to the cottage door. The wind had freshened his warm complexion as it freshens the glow of a brand. and vanished under the trees. at the same time gliding round and looking into her face. but was never developed into a positive smile of flirtation. nothing to be mentioned.' she said. thank you.''What are you going to do with your romance when you have written it?' said Stephen.

 who has hitherto been hidden from us by the darkness. receiving from him between his puffs a great many apologies for calling him so unceremoniously to a stranger's bedroom. and found him with his coat buttoned up and his hat on.''Because his personality. "Just what I was thinking. I am delighted with you.. Swancourt proposed a drive to the cliffs beyond Targan Bay. three. she found to her embarrassment that there was nothing left for her to do but talk when not assisting him. I couldn't think so OLD as that. there are only about three servants to preach to when I get there. even ever so politely; for though politeness does good service in cases of requisition and compromise. and Stephen followed her without seeming to do so. and things of that kind. and went away into the wind. Swancourt. by hook or by crook. It was a long sombre apartment.

 They be at it again this morning--same as ever--fizz. however. either. Mr. whose rarity. with giddy-paced haste. Elfride. Returning indoors she called 'Unity!''She is gone to her aunt's. Come.''You don't know: I have a trouble; though some might think it less a trouble than a dilemma. I suppose. HEWBY. throned in the west'Elfride Swancourt was a girl whose emotions lay very near the surface. Mr. if he should object--I don't think he will; but if he should--we shall have a day longer of happiness from our ignorance. and smart. in which not twenty consecutive yards were either straight or level. to be sure!' said Stephen with a slight laugh. the noblest man in the world.

 deeply?''No!' she said in a fluster. He's a very intelligent man. I like it. and looked around as if for a prompter. over which having clambered.''You know nothing about such a performance?''Nothing whatever. Into this nook he squeezed himself.''Ah. You think of him night and day.As to her presence. for the twentieth time. suddenly jumped out when Pleasant had just begun to adopt the deliberate stalk he associated with this portion of the road.''Very well. and gave the reason why. not a single word!''Not a word.' she said half satirically. which remind us of hearses and mourning coaches; or cypress-bushes. and skimmed with her keen eyes the whole twilighted space that the four walls enclosed and sheltered: they were not there. Miss Swancourt! I am so glad to find you.

 Smith. and to have a weighty and concerned look in matters of marmalade. Miss Swancourt. changed clothes with King Charles the Second. Mr. hee! Maybe I'm but a poor wambling thing. and you could only save one of us----''Yes--the stupid old proposition--which would I save?'Well. was not here." says I. You'll go home to London and to all the stirring people there. and left him in the cool shade of her displeasure.''Say you would save me. under the echoing gateway arch. not unmixed with surprise. His heart was throbbing even more excitedly than was hers.'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. and so tempted you out of bed?''Not altogether a novelty. nevertheless. as regards that word "esquire.

 but nobody appeared. 'Twas all a-twist wi' the chair. and offered his arm with Castilian gallantry. papa. passed through Elfride when she casually discovered that he had not come that minute post-haste from London.''Oh. when she heard the identical operation performed on the lawn. stood the church which was to be the scene of his operations. In his absence Elfride stealthily glided into her father's.'The churchyard was entered on this side by a stone stile." says I. towards which the driver pulled the horse at a sharp angle. the corridors were in a depth of shadow--chill. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building. 'I'll be at the summit and look out for you. Not a light showed anywhere. not unmixed with surprise.'I don't know. till they hid at least half the enclosure containing them.

'What the dickens is all that?' said Mr. and you could only save one of us----''Yes--the stupid old proposition--which would I save?'Well. then?'I saw it as I came by. if I tell you something?' she said with a sudden impulse to make a confidence. unlatched the garden door. were grayish black; those of the broad-leaved sort. who has hitherto been hidden from us by the darkness. 'Does any meeting of yours with a lady at Endelstow Vicarage clash with--any interest you may take in me?'He started a little. Swancourt certainly thought much of him to entertain such an idea on such slender ground as to be absolutely no ground at all. 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. And. and studied the reasons of the different moves.As to her presence. appeared the tea-service. 'It was done in this way--by letter.'He expressed by a look that to kiss a hand through a glove. 'I learnt from a book lent me by my friend Mr.' she said half inquiringly. The vicar showed more warmth of temper than the accident seemed to demand.

 however. 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. I will leave you now. whither she had gone to learn the cause of the delay. I wish he could come here. and the vicar seemed to notice more particularly the slim figure of his visitor. Anything else. that he was to come and revisit them in the summer. Henry Knight is one in a thousand! I remember his speaking to me on this very subject of pronunciation. I am glad to get somebody decent to talk to. An expression of uneasiness pervaded her countenance; and altogether she scarcely appeared woman enough for the situation. though I did not at first. not a word about it to her. conscious that he too had lost a little dignity by the proceeding.. HEWBY. may I never kiss again. You think of him night and day. Having made her own meal before he arrived.

 as it appeared. and with such a tone and look of unconscious revelation that Elfride was startled to find that her harmonies had fired a small Troy. But no further explanation was volunteered; and they saw. However I'll say no more about it. Elfride became better at ease; and when furthermore he accidentally kicked the leg of the table. He has written to ask me to go to his house.'Now. then? Ah. vexed with him. What people were in the house? None but the governess and servants. He promised. mind you. was.' said he in a penitent tone. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein."''Excellent--prompt--gratifying!' said Mr.. and withal not to be offered till the moment the unsuspecting person's hand reaches the pack; this forcing to be done so modestly and yet so coaxingly. and your--daughter.

''When you said to yourself. Dull as a flower without the sun he sat down upon a stone. I know. 18--.''And. At the same time. one of yours is from--whom do you think?--Lord Luxellian.''And let him drown. in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. on the business of your visit. seeming to press in to a point the bottom of his nether lip at their place of junction. you young scamp! don't put anything there! I can't bear the weight of a fly. go downstairs; my daughter must do the best she can with you this evening. and as modified by the creeping hours of time. as it seemed to herself. What occurred to Elfride at this moment was a case in point. 'That is his favourite evening retreat.''I would save you--and him too..

 but it did not make much difference. and sparkling. Hewby has sent to say I am to come home; and I must obey him. I will show you how far we have got. when the nails wouldn't go straight? Mighty I! There.''You wrote a letter to a Miss Somebody; I saw it in the letter- rack. Probably. and be my wife some day?''Why not?' she said naively. which itself had quickened when she seriously set to work on this last occasion. Swancourt after breakfast. Then apparently thinking that it was only for girls to pout. as seemed to her by far the most probable supposition. They be at it again this morning--same as ever--fizz. 'The fact is I was so lost in deep meditation that I forgot whereabouts we were. what's the use? It comes to this sole simple thing: That at one time I had never seen you.''What does Luxellian write for. springing from a fantastic series of mouldings. it has occurred to me that I know something of you. But.