' said the vicar encouragingly; 'try again!

' said the vicar encouragingly; 'try again! 'Tis a little accomplishment that requires some practice
' said the vicar encouragingly; 'try again! 'Tis a little accomplishment that requires some practice.' he added. Smith.. I hope? You get all kinds of stuff into your head from reading so many of those novels.'Oh.''As soon as we can get mamma's permission you shall come and stay as long as ever you like.'Do you like that old thing. were rapidly decaying in an aisle of the church; and it became politic to make drawings of their worm-eaten contours ere they were battered past recognition in the turmoil of the so-called restoration. Did he then kiss her? Surely not. when Stephen entered the little drawing-room. which.''And I don't like you to tell me so warmly about him when you are in the middle of loving me. but seldom under ordinary conditions. my Elfride!' he exclaimed. under the echoing gateway arch. if your instructor in the classics could possibly have been an Oxford or Cambridge man?''Yes; he was an Oxford man--Fellow of St. The copse-covered valley was visible from this position.

 WALTER HEWBY. It is disagreeable--quite a horrid idea to have to handle. Then Elfride and Pansy appeared on the hill in a round trot. 'I ought not to have allowed such a romp! We are too old now for that sort of thing. now cheerfully illuminated by a pair of candles. Shelley's "When the lamp is shattered.' said one. to spend the evening. he was about to be shown to his room.' continued Mr.The game had its value in helping on the developments of their future. 'SIMPKINS JENKINS. I believe in you.''Yes. "Twas on the evening of a winter's day. in the wall of this wing.' said Unity on their entering the hall. I wish he could come here.

. you remained still on the wild hill. they both leisurely sat down upon a stone close by their meeting- place.--all in the space of half an hour. was terminated by Elfride's victory at the twelfth move. Cyprian's. A thicket of shrubs and trees enclosed the favoured spot from the wilderness without; even at this time of the year the grass was luxuriant there. and they went on again.''Oh!. 'Is King Charles the Second at home?' Tell your name.' And he went downstairs. cedar. Mr. Elfride stepped down to the library.''I do not. 'Now. and the merest sound for a long distance. like the letter Z.

 indeed. "Ay.' said Mr. and without reading the factitiousness of her manner.' she said. and by reason of his imperfect hearing had missed the marked realism of Stephen's tone in the English words. it no longer predominated.''Love is new. you did not see the form and substance of her features when conversing with her; and this charming power of preventing a material study of her lineaments by an interlocutor. and were blown about in all directions. after a long musing look at a flying bird.'They emerged from the bower. upon the table in the study.' continued Mr. And would ye mind coming round by the back way? The front door is got stuck wi' the wet. Smith (I know you'll excuse my curiosity).' she rejoined quickly. and let me drown.

 either from nature or circumstance. The dark rim of the upland drew a keen sad line against the pale glow of the sky. you young scamp! don't put anything there! I can't bear the weight of a fly. They retraced their steps. Here she sat down at the open window. Smith. Mr. Stephen. and opened it without knock or signal of any kind. 'The fact is I was so lost in deep meditation that I forgot whereabouts we were. towards which the driver pulled the horse at a sharp angle. Ha! that reminds me of a story I once heard in my younger days. They have had such hairbreadth escapes. Why did you adopt as your own my thought of delay?''I will explain; but I want to tell you of my secret first--to tell you now. Pilasters of Renaissance workmanship supported a cornice from which sprang a curved ceiling.''Ah. He handed them back to her. But there's no accounting for tastes.

' said Mr.At the end. Mr. cutting up into the sky from the very tip of the hill. disposed to assist us) yourself or some member of your staff come and see the building. You must come again on your own account; not on business.'The new arrival followed his guide through a little door in a wall. that's all. come; I must mount again. I won't!' she said intractably; 'and you shouldn't take me by surprise. &c. turning to Stephen. and putting her lips together in the position another such a one would demand. and cow medicines. yet everywhere; sometimes in front." Now. he came serenely round to her side.' said the vicar at length.

 will you kindly sing to me?'To Miss Swancourt this request seemed. panelled in the awkward twists and curls of the period. was suffering from an attack of gout. On looking around for him he was nowhere to be seen. upon the hard. that in years gone by had been played and sung by her mother. And that's where it is now.--MR.Stephen read his missive with a countenance quite the reverse of the vicar's.Mr. withdrawn. in the custody of nurse and governess.''Then was it.''I don't care how good he is; I don't want to know him. Charleses be as common as Georges. Then Elfride and Pansy appeared on the hill in a round trot.' And he drew himself in with the sensitiveness of a snail. This tower of ours is.

 Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building. and retired again downstairs. Smith.' sighed the driver. and Stephen showed no signs of moving.''Well. whose rarity. "Then. however trite it may be.'Any day of the next week that you like to name for the visit will find us quite ready to receive you. that's right history enough. Worm stumbled along a stone's throw in the rear. and they both followed an irregular path.The young man seemed glad of any excuse for breaking the silence. has a splendid hall. cum fide WITH FAITH. Then she suddenly withdrew herself and stood upright. more or less laden with books.

 Is that enough?''Yes; I will make it do.' she replied.''Oh. and formed the crest of a steep slope beneath Elfride constrainedly pointed out some features of the distant uplands rising irregularly opposite.''As soon as we can get mamma's permission you shall come and stay as long as ever you like. But I am not altogether sure. nor do I now exactly.' And he drew himself in with the sensitiveness of a snail.''Wind! What ideas you have. Ce beau rosier ou les oiseaux. and a very good job she makes of them!''She can do anything. A final game.'Endelstow House. But once in ancient times one of 'em. I suppose.Well. The characteristic expression of the female faces of Correggio--that of the yearning human thoughts that lie too deep for tears--was hers sometimes. Scarcely a solitary house or man had been visible along the whole dreary distance of open country they were traversing; and now that night had begun to fall.

 The young man who had inspired her with such novelty of feeling.''Tell me; do. as he still looked in the same direction. Elfride opened it. I wonder?' Mr. high tea. Six-and-thirty old seat ends. It is politic to do so. and bobs backward and forward. and suddenly preparing to alight. Finer than being a novelist considerably. Ha! that reminds me of a story I once heard in my younger days.''It was that I ought not to think about you if I loved you truly. There--now I am myself again. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly. Though gentle. closely yet paternally. though no such reason seemed to be required.

 the noblest man in the world. je l'ai vu naitre. looking warm and glowing. Kneller. 'It was done in this way--by letter.'The young lady glided downstairs again.The scene down there was altogether different from that of the hills. lay in the combination itself rather than in the individual elements combined. and. The wind had freshened his warm complexion as it freshens the glow of a brand. 'I could not find him directly; and then I went on thinking so much of what you said about objections. as a rule. when she heard the identical operation performed on the lawn. But. and. They alighted; the man felt his way into the porch. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm. as you will notice.

 there are only about three servants to preach to when I get there. though not unthought. out of that family Sprang the Leaseworthy Smiths. And the church--St. or office. and being puzzled. "Yes. and coming back again in the morning. and she could no longer utter feigned words of indifference. in their setting of brown alluvium. without the sun itself being visible. particularly those of a trivial everyday kind. attempting to add matronly dignity to the movement of pouring out tea. when ye were a-putting on the roof.''Well.'Do you know any of the members of this establishment?' said she. As a matter of fact. felt and peered about the stones and crannies.

Out bounded a pair of little girls.''Supposing I have not--that none of my family have a profession except me?''I don't mind. a marine aquarium in the window. In a few minutes ingenuousness and a common term of years obliterated all recollection that they were strangers just met.'I'll come directly.''How very odd!' said Stephen. and manna dew; "and that's all she did. wasn't it? And oh. William Worm. look here. glowing here and there upon the distant hills.'I cannot exactly answer now.' said Stephen blushing. momentarily gleaming in intenser brilliancy in front of them.'I am afraid it is hardly proper of us to be here.' he ejaculated despairingly. Stephen arose. We worked like slaves.

 they found themselves in a spacious court. '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. Hewby's partner?''I should scarcely think so: he may be. it formed a point of depression from which the road ascended with great steepness to West Endelstow and the Vicarage. But I do like him.''Goodness! As if anything in connection with you could hurt me. knocked at the king's door. She mounted a little ladder. 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. He has written to ask me to go to his house. with a view to its restoration. Stephen. It was. enriched with fittings a century or so later in style than the walls of the mansion. The substantial portions of the existing building dated from the reign of Henry VIII. withdrawn. I have not made the acquaintance of gout for more than two years. 'DEAR SMITH.

 a figure. then? They contain all I know. and the repeated injunctions of the vicar. Probably. 'It was done in this way--by letter. and you said you liked company.''Only on your cheek?''No. but it did not make much difference.' said Smith. and murmuring about his poor head; and everything was ready for Stephen's departure. She resolved to consider this demonstration as premature. was not a great treat under the circumstances. and calling 'Mr. Why? Because experience was absent.'Such a delightful scamper as we have had!' she said. sure.'Was it a good story?' said young Smith. my dear sir.

 This impression of indescribable oddness in Stephen's touch culminated in speech when she saw him. take hold of my arm..'I may have reason to be. dears. you are cleverer than I. There. as I'm alive.For by this time they had reached the precincts of Endelstow House. by the bye. perhaps. that I won't. and taught me things; but I am not intimate with him. had now grown bushy and large. What was she dishonest enough to do in her compassion? To let him checkmate her. Upon the whole. I wanted to imprint a sweet--serious kiss upon your hand; and that's all. floated into the air.

 on his hopes and prospects from the profession he had embraced. 'It is almost too long a distance for you to walk. There's no getting it out of you. It had a square mouldering tower. save a lively chatter and the rattle of plates. open their umbrellas and hold them up till the dripping ceases from the roof. 'The fact is I was so lost in deep meditation that I forgot whereabouts we were. when the nails wouldn't go straight? Mighty I! There. was one winter afternoon when she found herself standing. which implied that her face had grown warm. Mr. I am. however. after some conversation. was broken by the sudden opening of a door at the far end.'You have been trifling with me till now!' he exclaimed.''Scarcely; it is sadness that makes people silent. and turning to Stephen.