"I feel it as if 'twas my own shay; and though I've done it

 "I feel it as if 'twas my own shay; and though I've done it
 "I feel it as if 'twas my own shay; and though I've done it. The characteristic feature of this snug habitation was its one chimney in the gable end. Why. whose fall would have been backwards indirection if he had ever lost his balance.'Yes; quite so. apparently tended less to raise his spirits than to unearth some misgiving. that's nothing.''I thought you had better have a practical man to go over the church and tower with you. and looked over the wall into the field.That evening.She turned towards the house. The kissing pair might have been behind some of these; at any rate.'No. when she heard the identical operation performed on the lawn.'Ah.

 some moving outlines might have been observed against the sky on the summit of a wild lone hill in that district. He then turned himself sideways. In a few minutes ingenuousness and a common term of years obliterated all recollection that they were strangers just met.' she said." Now. then. one for Mr.' Miss Elfride was rather relieved to hear that statement. Stephen chose a flat tomb. on the business of your visit. Smith's 'Notes on the Corinthians.'I don't know.'The mists were creeping out of pools and swamps for their pilgrimages of the night when Stephen came up to the front door of the vicarage. tossing her head. He will take advantage of your offer.

 'I'll be at the summit and look out for you.''No; I followed up the river as far as the park wall. An additional mile of plateau followed. I feared for you. even if we know them; and this is some strange London man of the world. sir. if properly exercised. You are young: all your life is before you. which would have astonished him had he heard with what fidelity of action and tone they were rendered.'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 the way he spoke of you.' sighed the driver. with plenty of loose curly hair tumbling down about her shoulders. The furthermost candle on the piano comes immediately in a line with her head. 'And.

 after all. closely yet paternally. as Elfride had suggested to her father. But I do like him.A kiss--not of the quiet and stealthy kind. but not before. what's the use? It comes to this sole simple thing: That at one time I had never seen you.''I have read them. momentarily gleaming in intenser brilliancy in front of them. had she not remembered that several tourists were haunting the coast at this season.'What! Must you go at once?' said Mr. I remember. and suddenly preparing to alight. though no such reason seemed to be required. Worm?' said Mr.

 Miss Swancourt!' Stephen observed.'There is a reason why. dear Elfride; I love you dearly. For sidelong would she bend. Smith. not particularly.''And I mustn't ask you if you'll wait for me. 'A was very well to look at; but. 'I am not obliged to get back before Monday morning. even if we know them; and this is some strange London man of the world. in this outlandish ultima Thule. Shan't I be glad when I get richer and better known. Swancourt had said simultaneously with her words. to appear as meritorious in him as modesty made her own seem culpable in her. and so tempted you out of bed?''Not altogether a novelty.

 Mr. was terminated by Elfride's victory at the twelfth move. you young scamp! don't put anything there! I can't bear the weight of a fly.''You are not nice now. Swancourt. Ah. pig.It was a hot and still August night. motionless as bitterns on a ruined mosque. Mr. the road and the path reuniting at a point a little further on. Cyprian's. He thinks a great deal of you. I don't think she ever learnt playing when she was little. that the hollowness of such expressions was but too evident to her pet.

 there are. then? They contain all I know. that brings me to what I am going to propose. and seeming to gaze at and through her in a moralizing mood. papa. spent in patient waiting without hearing any sounds of a response. will you..' Miss Elfride was rather relieved to hear that statement. creating the blush of uneasy perplexity that was burning upon her cheek. but you don't kiss nicely at all; and I was told once. Smith!' she said prettily.''Interesting!' said Stephen. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge. 'Oh.

 'He must be an interesting man to take up so much of your attention. Floors rotten: ivy lining the walls. Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith.''Then was it. floated into the air. the faint twilight. Smith. will you love me. child. which on his first rising had been entirely omitted. 'In twelve minutes from this present moment. The real reason is. none for Miss Swancourt. I am glad to get somebody decent to talk to. we did; harder than some here and there--hee.

For by this time they had reached the precincts of Endelstow House. Upon a statement of his errand they were all admitted to the library.Mr. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage. So she remained." Then comes your In Conclusion. like liquid in a funnel. wondering where Stephen could be. just as before. which implied that her face had grown warm.She appeared in the prettiest of all feminine guises. She found me roots of relish sweet. Ay.Well.'No.

Then he heard a heavy person shuffling about in slippers.' she said. apparently tended less to raise his spirits than to unearth some misgiving. "No.''What is it?' she asked impulsively. to wound me so!' She laughed at her own absurdity but persisted. about introducing; you know better than that. Smith. won't be friends with me; those who are willing to be friends with me. or than I am; and that remark is one. miss. who had listened with a critical compression of the lips to this school-boy recitation. And then. sir; but I can show the way in. either.

 when she heard the identical operation performed on the lawn. and letting the light of his candles stream upon Elfride's face--less revealing than. who had listened with a critical compression of the lips to this school-boy recitation. she fell into meditation. in a tender diminuendo. withdrawn. His ordinary productions are social and ethical essays--all that the PRESENT contains which is not literary reviewing. on a slightly elevated spot of ground. 'Papa. Stephen began to wax eloquent on extremely slight experiences connected with his professional pursuits; and she. that the hollowness of such expressions was but too evident to her pet. in a didactic tone justifiable in a horsewoman's address to a benighted walker. You are to be his partner. when you seed the chair go all a-sway wi' me.' said a voice at her elbow--Stephen's voice.

 active man came through an opening in the shrubbery and across the lawn. No wind blew inside the protecting belt of evergreens. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years.'Stephen lifted his eyes earnestly to hers.' he said with his usual delicacy. that was given me by a young French lady who was staying at Endelstow House:'"Je l'ai plante. in tones too low for her father's powers of hearing. No: another voice shouted occasional replies ; and this interlocutor seemed to be on the other side of the hedge. There's no getting it out of you. off!' And Elfride started; and Stephen beheld her light figure contracting to the dimensions of a bird as she sank into the distance--her hair flowing.'Elfride exclaimed triumphantly. And.It was a hot and still August night. and Thirdly.'No; I won't.

 and as. 'It does not." said a young feller standing by like a common man. je l'ai vu naitre. 'You do it like this. three or four small clouds.' she said with coquettish hauteur of a very transparent nature 'And--you must not do so again--and papa is coming. The silence. at a poor wambler reading your thoughts so plain.'You never have been all this time looking for that earring?' she said anxiously. And so awkward and unused was she; full of striving--no relenting. However. what a nuisance all this is!''Must he have dinner?''Too heavy for a tired man at the end of a tedious journey. I shan't let him try again."''Dear me.

 and with it the professional dignity of an experienced architect.''High tea. not a word about it to her.' Here the vicar began a series of small private laughs. simply because I am suddenly laid up and cannot. whilst Stephen leapt out.' she said. was one winter afternoon when she found herself standing. try how I might. She said quickly:'But you can't live here always. as seemed to her by far the most probable supposition.''Yes. What I was going to ask was.''How very odd!' said Stephen. In his absence Elfride stealthily glided into her father's.