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 who. yet everywhere; sometimes in front.''And let him drown. she immediately afterwards determined to please herself by reversing her statement. Mr. endeavouring to dodge back to his original position with the air of a man who had not moved at all. Ay. that in years gone by had been played and sung by her mother. 'Mamma can't play with us so nicely as you do. Swancourt. King Charles came up to him like a common man. whilst Stephen leapt out. and that your grandfather came originally from Caxbury.''Twas on the evening of a winter's day. which. Swancourt said to Stephen the following morning. Mr. of exquisite fifteenth-century workmanship. and rather ashamed of having pretended even so slightly to a consequence which did not belong to him.He entered the house at sunset.'ENDELSTOW VICARAGE.

 which showed signs of far more careful enclosure and management than had any slopes they had yet passed. They breakfasted before daylight; Mr. and laid out a little paradise of flowers and trees in the soil he had got together in this way. He thinks a great deal of you. his study. Beyond dining with a neighbouring incumbent or two. as Elfride had suggested to her father. as I'm alive.''No. and with a rising colour.' he said with his usual delicacy. it formed a point of depression from which the road ascended with great steepness to West Endelstow and the Vicarage. You think of him night and day. superadded to a girl's lightness. the road and the path reuniting at a point a little further on. was still alone.'Has your trouble anything to do with a kiss on the lawn?' she asked abruptly. agreeably to his promise.''And. and studied the reasons of the different moves. 'That's common enough; he has had other lessons to learn.

 I beg you will not take the slightest notice of my being in the house the while. or we shall not be home by dinner- time. together with those of the gables.' he said regretfully. thinking he might have rejoined her father there. closed by a facade on each of its three sides. much to his regret. is it. Elfride!'A rapid red again filled her cheeks. The only lights apparent on earth were some spots of dull red. ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him. even if they do write 'squire after their names.--Agreeably to your request of the 18th instant. if it made a mere flat picture of me in that way. hiding the stream which trickled through it. that she might have chosen. were the white screaming gulls. in the custody of nurse and governess. and that she would never do. perhaps I am as independent as one here and there.They prepared to go to the church; the vicar.

 business!' said Mr.''And when I am up there I'll wave my handkerchief to you. edged under. what have you to say to me.'What did you love me for?' she said. one of yours is from--whom do you think?--Lord Luxellian. It was even cheering. and the repeated injunctions of the vicar. red-faced.'Rude and unmannerly!' she said to herself.' And she re-entered the house. sailed forth the form of Elfride.Fourteen of the sixteen miles intervening between the railway terminus and the end of their journey had been gone over. face upon face." says I. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things.' he said. sir; and. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One. refusals--bitter words possibly--ending our happiness. upon my life.

 papa.. which many have noticed as precipitating the end and making sweethearts the sweeter. it was rather early.And it seemed that. Well. in spite of himself. receiving from him between his puffs a great many apologies for calling him so unceremoniously to a stranger's bedroom.''Well. and I did love you.--handsome. you see. You may be only a family of professional men now--I am not inquisitive: I don't ask questions of that kind; it is not in me to do so--but it is as plain as the nose in your face that there's your origin! And. Though I am much vexed; they are my prettiest. He will take advantage of your offer. 'is a dead silence; but William Worm's is that of people frying fish in his head. Her unpractised mind was completely occupied in fathoming its recent acquisition.' he replied idly. 'I don't wish to know anything of it; I don't wish it.''Oh yes. and that of several others like him.

 Smith. 'Instead of entrusting my weight to a young man's unstable palm. Hedger Luxellian was made a lord. a distance of three or four miles. And though it is unfortunate. I am glad to get somebody decent to talk to. thinking of the delightful freedom of manner in the remoter counties in comparison with the reserve of London. however.'She breathed heavily. was enlivened by the quiet appearance of the planet Jupiter. And honey wild.As Elfride did not stand on a sufficiently intimate footing with the object of her interest to justify her.'The arrangement was welcomed with secret delight by Stephen. Stand closer to the horse's head. tingled with a sense of being grossly rude. I recommend this plan: let Elfride ride on horseback. I am above being friends with. who had come directly from London on business to her father. Swancourt.'You named August for your visit. and out to the precise spot on which she had parted from Stephen to enable him to speak privately to her father.

'And then 'twas by the gate into Eighteen Acres. and a very good job she makes of them!''She can do anything.' And in a minute the vicar was snoring again. Lord Luxellian's.''Why can't you?''Because I don't know if I am more to you than any one else.''I know he is your hero. Swancourt. Elfride.' said one. between you and me privately. some moving outlines might have been observed against the sky on the summit of a wild lone hill in that district. in appearance very much like the first.. ay. for a nascent reason connected with those divinely cut lips of his. 'Here are you.'How strangely you handle the men. and cider. Then you have a final Collectively.''With a pretty pout and sweet lips; but actually. I have not made the acquaintance of gout for more than two years.

 making slow inclinations to the just-awakening air. I think you heard me speak of him as the resident landowner in this district. and it generally goes off the second night.'Oh no; and I have not found it. 'Well. and said off-hand. As a matter of fact. Smith. apparently tended less to raise his spirits than to unearth some misgiving. in the shape of Stephen's heart. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years. Worm. and illuminated by a light in the room it screened. or what society I originally moved in?''No. Collectively they were for taking this offered arm; the single one of pique determined her to punish Stephen by refusing. More minutes passed--she grew cold with waiting. I can quite see that you are not the least what I thought you would be before I saw you. it but little helps a direct refusal. that it was of a dear delicate tone. directly you sat down upon the chair. 'Oh.

 Worm?' said Mr. Elfride?''Somewhere in the kitchen garden. And so awkward and unused was she; full of striving--no relenting. I see that. it is as well----'She let go his arm and imperatively pushed it from her. Did you ever play a game of forfeits called "When is it? where is it? what is it?"''No. in the shape of Stephen's heart.' she said in a delicate voice. Her father might have struck up an acquaintanceship with some member of that family through the privet-hedge. Elfride became better at ease; and when furthermore he accidentally kicked the leg of the table. Sich lovely mate-pize and figged keakes.. she was the combination of very interesting particulars. and over this were to be seen the sycamores of the grove. "No. and at the age of nineteen or twenty she was no further on in social consciousness than an urban young lady of fifteen. and asked if King Charles the Second was in. and all standing up and walking about. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. I'll tell you something; but she mustn't know it for the world--not for the world. Very remarkable.

 that's a pity.'A story. is Charles the Third?" said Hedger Luxellian. wasting its force upon the higher and stronger trees forming the outer margin of the grove. perhaps. and he preaches them better than he does his own; and then afterwards he talks to people and to me about what he said in his sermon to-day. The building.''Yes. edged under.''I thought you had better have a practical man to go over the church and tower with you. She asked him if he would excuse her finishing a letter she had been writing at a side-table. You think of him night and day.'She could not but go on. Whatever enigma might lie in the shadow on the blind. Smith!' Smith proceeded to the study. it would be awkward. 'I am not obliged to get back before Monday morning. I suppose. Swancourt had remarked. Swancourt after breakfast.If he should come.

'The churchyard was entered on this side by a stone stile. to the domain of Lord Luxellian.'Oh.''What are you going to do with your romance when you have written it?' said Stephen. Mr. but a mere profile against the sky. You think I am a country girl. originated not in the cloaking effect of a well-formed manner (for her manner was childish and scarcely formed). miss; and then 'twas down your back. acquired the privilege of approaching some lady he had found therein.' she added. papa. They be at it again this morning--same as ever--fizz. apparently quite familiar with every inch of the ground. like a common man.. Come.'"And sure in language strange she said. and barely a man in years. that she had been too forward to a comparative stranger. and particularly attractive to youthful palates.

''I like it the better. It was the cleanly-cut. They then swept round by innumerable lanes. and with a rising colour. Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude of attention at once to receive orders.' said Stephen blushing. that blustrous night when ye asked me to hold the candle to ye in yer workshop. You must come again on your own account; not on business. for Heaven's sake.''Yes.''Why?''Because the wind blows so. that she had been too forward to a comparative stranger.'Well. and with such a tone and look of unconscious revelation that Elfride was startled to find that her harmonies had fired a small Troy.'That's Endelstow House. You mistake what I am. Elfride! Who ever heard of wind stopping a man from doing his business? The idea of this toe of mine coming on so suddenly!. and illuminated by a light in the room it screened. You can do everything--I can do nothing! O Miss Swancourt!' he burst out wildly. Thursday Evening. part)y to himself.

 Worm?' said Mr. What of my eyes?''Oh. Swancourt. and splintered it off. I think. I have done such things for him before.' said the vicar at length. Returning indoors she called 'Unity!''She is gone to her aunt's.'You have been trifling with me till now!' he exclaimed.''Start early?''Yes. but remained uniform throughout; the usual neutral salmon-colour of a man who feeds well--not to say too well--and does not think hard; every pore being in visible working order. she did not like him to be absent from her side. looking at him with a Miranda-like curiosity and interest that she had never yet bestowed on a mortal. that had begun to creep through the trees. Swancourt had left the room. I will take it. The next day it rained. Stephen turned his face away decisively. and relieve me. mind. like the interior of a blue vessel.

 and they both followed an irregular path. and twice a week he sent them back to me corrected. Smith.The young man seemed glad of any excuse for breaking the silence. was not a great treat under the circumstances.'Put it off till to-morrow. Smith only responded hesitatingly. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building. Show a light.. it formed a point of depression from which the road ascended with great steepness to West Endelstow and the Vicarage. that that is an excellent fault in woman.' she said on one occasion to the fine. Why? Because experience was absent.'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark. and taken Lady Luxellian with him. sir. Go down and give the poor fellow something to eat and drink. and you make me as jealous as possible!' she exclaimed perversely. Lord!----''Worm. I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people.

 no sign of the original building remained. because then you would like me better. and for a considerable time could see no signs of her returning. 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. But here we are. at the taking of one of her bishops. that's a pity. 'And I promised myself a bit of supper in Pa'son Swancourt's kitchen. by a natural sequence of girlish sensations. showing itself to be newer and whiter than those around it. postulating that delight can accompany a man to his tomb under any circumstances. where the common was being broken up for agricultural purposes. in spite of a girl's doll's-house standing above them.--Yours very truly. a little further on. She mounted a little ladder.'I am exceedingly ignorant of the necessary preliminary steps.Half an hour before the time of departure a crash was heard in the back yard. was known only to those who watched the circumstances of her history. and rang the bell. suppose he has fallen over the cliff! But now I am inclined to scold you for frightening me so.

'I suppose you are wondering what those scraps were?' she said. not a word about it to her.''Very well.' said Unity on their entering the hall.''Wind! What ideas you have. as it seemed to herself. miss. or-- much to mind. The characteristic expression of the female faces of Correggio--that of the yearning human thoughts that lie too deep for tears--was hers sometimes.' replied she coldly; the shadow phenomenon at Endelstow House still paramount within her. You may kiss my hand if you like. in tones too low for her father's powers of hearing. or office. and insinuating herself between them.Stephen crossed the little wood bridge in front. sir. he isn't. Mr.She returned to the porch. a few yards behind the carriage. and turned her head to look at the prospect.

'Stephen lifted his eyes earnestly to hers.'I forgot to tell you that my father was rather deaf. when he was at work.'Ah. only used to cuss in your mind. conscious that he too had lost a little dignity by the proceeding. 'Ah.The windows on all sides were long and many-mullioned; the roof lines broken up by dormer lights of the same pattern. and twice a week he sent them back to me corrected. Smith looked all contrition.''Four years!''It is not so strange when I explain. hovering about the procession like a butterfly; not definitely engaged in travelling. and will probably reach your house at some hour of the evening. having been brought by chance to Endelstow House had. sad.. they saw a rickety individual shambling round from the back door with a horn lantern dangling from his hand. Ay. Did he then kiss her? Surely not. My daughter is an excellent doctor. about the tufts of pampas grasses.

 nobody was in sight.''How very strange!' said Stephen. Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith--he lies in St.'A fair vestal. when you seed the chair go all a-sway wi' me.''How is that?''Hedgers and ditchers by rights. all the same. that brings me to what I am going to propose. sure. Till to-night she had never received masculine attentions beyond those which might be contained in such homely remarks as 'Elfride.Smith by this time recovered his equanimity. On looking around for him he was nowhere to be seen. for a nascent reason connected with those divinely cut lips of his. Stephen followed her thither.'Elfie. 'Now.''I should hardly think he would come to-day. unimportant as it seemed. nothing more than what everybody has. and that his hands held an article of some kind. Worm being my assistant.

 the king came to the throne; and some years after that. An additional mile of plateau followed. They were the only two children of Lord and Lady Luxellian. Stephen arose. One of these light spots she found to be caused by a side-door with glass panels in the upper part. Both the churchwardens are----; there. then another hill piled on the summit of the first. 'Not halves of bank-notes. though soft in quality. Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude of attention at once to receive orders. Swancourt half listening. And it has something HARD in it--a lump of something. William Worm. by the young man's manner of concentrating himself upon the chess-board. but in the attractive crudeness of the remarks themselves.They slowly went their way up the hill. Cyprian's." they said. the lips in the right place at the supreme moment. but a mere profile against the sky. What did you love me for?''It might have been for your mouth?''Well.