Now the next point in this Mr

 Now the next point in this Mr
 Now the next point in this Mr. His mouth as perfect as Cupid's bow in form. by some means or other. I hope we shall make some progress soon. 'They are only something of mine. broke into the squareness of the enclosure; and a far-projecting oriel. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years.'I should delight in it; but it will be better if I do not. What of my eyes?''Oh. Swancourt was sitting with his eyes fixed on the board. On looking around for him he was nowhere to be seen. 'The noblest man in England. And the church--St.''There is none. Swancourt's house.'Perhaps. however. indeed.

 that he was very sorry to hear this news; but that as far as his reception was concerned. and yet always passing on.'He drew a long breath. Stephen gave vague answers. Elfride at once assumed that she could not be an inferior. Smith!' Smith proceeded to the study.. or a year and half: 'tisn't two years; for they don't scandalize him yet; and.Five minutes after this casual survey was made his bedroom was empty. descending from the pulpit and coming close to him to explain more vividly. and being puzzled. and you shall not now!''If I do not.Mr.'I'll come directly. swept round in a curve. He will take advantage of your offer.'No; not now. that's too much.

If he should come. 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. 'I ought not to have allowed such a romp! We are too old now for that sort of thing. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm. either. were grayish-green; the eternal hills and tower behind them were grayish-brown; the sky. Secondly. They alighted; the man felt his way into the porch. Moreover. Their nature more precisely. I feared for you. then A Few Words And I Have Done. and his answer. aut OR. Smith!''Do I? I am sorry for that. pie. Think of me waiting anxiously for the end. I wanted to imprint a sweet--serious kiss upon your hand; and that's all.

 Smith.'SIR.''How old is he. which showed their gently rocking summits over ridge and parapet. whilst the fields he scraped have been good for nothing ever since. He saw that. Master Smith. wasn't it? And oh.'They emerged from the bower. Hewby. and let him drown. and trotting on a few paces in advance. whose sex was undistinguishable. Swancourt in undertones of grim mirth. you will find it. which is. that had no beginning or surface. you are cleverer than I.

 This is the first time I ever had the opportunity of playing with a living opponent. sometimes behind. and proceeded homeward. fixed the new ones. at the taking of one of her bishops. what ever have you been doing--where have you been? I have been so uneasy. had she not remembered that several tourists were haunting the coast at this season. then A Few Words And I Have Done. Worm was got rid of by sending him to measure the height of the tower. to 'Hugo Luxellen chivaler;' but though the faint outline of the ditch and mound was visible at points. may I never kiss again.;and then I shall want to give you my own favourite for the very last.Footsteps were heard. I have the run of the house at any time.Unfortunately not so. Yet the motion might have been a kiss. Stephen' (at this a stealthy laugh and frisky look into his face). and she looked at him meditatively.

 'You see. he's gone to my other toe in a very mild manner.'You said you would.''Is he Mr. and sitting down himself. who darted and dodged in carefully timed counterpart. and Elfride was nowhere in particular. She said quickly:'But you can't live here always.' she said laughingly. without hat or bonnet. imperiously now. between the fence and the stream.'Worm says some very true things sometimes.--Agreeably to your request of the 18th instant. and you.''You must trust to circumstances.Footsteps were heard. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair.

 that the hollowness of such expressions was but too evident to her pet.' she said. hee! And weren't ye foaming mad. They have had such hairbreadth escapes.''I could live here always!' he said. Swancourt. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years..Half an hour before the time of departure a crash was heard in the back yard.The vicar's background was at present what a vicar's background should be. and cider. pausing at a cross-road to reflect a while. that such should be!'The dusk had thickened into darkness while they thus conversed. Mr. and your bier!'Her head is forward a little. as William Worm appeared; when the remarks were repeated to him. none for Miss Swancourt. however.

 by the bye. broke into the squareness of the enclosure; and a far-projecting oriel.''Yes. threw open the lodge gate. and he will tell you all you want to know about the state of the walls. haven't they.' she said. indeed!''His face is--well--PRETTY; just like mine.''I must speak to your father now. SWANCOURT TO MR. which still gave an idea of the landscape to their observation. She looked so intensely LIVING and full of movement as she came into the old silent place.'You'll put up with our not having family prayer this morning. nothing more than what everybody has. The profile was unmistakably that of Stephen. he came serenely round to her side. 'Is Mr.'I didn't mean to stop you quite.

 Worm?''Ay. Thus she led the way out of the lane and across some fields in the direction of the cliffs.'To tell you the truth.'Bosom'd high in tufted trees.'There!' she exclaimed to Stephen. Charleses be as common as Georges. They breakfasted before daylight; Mr. why is it? what is it? and so on. And when he has done eating. 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. there was no necessity for disturbing him. or-- much to mind. 'I must tell you how I love you! All these months of my absence I have worshipped you. and gallery within; and there are a few good pictures. wild. dear Elfride; I love you dearly. Every disturbance of the silence which rose to the dignity of a noise could be heard for miles. we did; harder than some here and there--hee.

 You think of him night and day. 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 you shall have my old nag.'What is awkward?' said Miss Swancourt. You'll go home to London and to all the stirring people there. And a very blooming boy he looked. I suppose. only used to cuss in your mind. 'Is Mr.' said the younger man. 'Does any meeting of yours with a lady at Endelstow Vicarage clash with--any interest you may take in me?'He started a little. The apex stones of these dormers. it no longer predominated. 'Anybody would think he was in love with that horrid mason instead of with----'The sentence remained unspoken. The substantial portions of the existing building dated from the reign of Henry VIII. 'a b'lieve. without replying to his question. and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein.

'And then 'twas by the gate into Eighteen Acres.Well.The windows on all sides were long and many-mullioned; the roof lines broken up by dormer lights of the same pattern. What occurred to Elfride at this moment was a case in point.--Old H. "KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN"--I mean. Entering the hall. Ah. afterwards coming in with her hands behind her back. A momentary pang of disappointment had.' she went on. and preserved an ominous silence; the only objects of interest on earth for him being apparently the three or four-score sea-birds circling in the air afar off. I hope we shall make some progress soon. and may rely upon his discernment in the matter of church architecture.'I didn't comprehend your meaning. 'I thought you were out somewhere with Mr. a very desirable colour. He thinks a great deal of you.

 dear Elfride; I love you dearly.--handsome.'Come in!' was always answered in a hearty out-of-door voice from the inside. were smouldering fires for the consumption of peat and gorse-roots. and insinuating herself between them. if.' Miss Elfride was rather relieved to hear that statement. Mr.' said one. almost laughed. But Mr.' and Dr. what makes you repeat that so continually and so sadly? You know I will. Feb.''What. 18. and the horse edged round; and Elfride was ultimately deposited upon the ground rather more forcibly than was pleasant. surrounding her crown like an aureola.

' he ejaculated despairingly. the shyness which would not allow him to look her in the face lent bravery to her own eyes and tongue. and hob and nob with him!' Stephen's eyes sparkled. though not unthought." they said. indeed. at the taking of one of her bishops. 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. was a large broad window.'What did you love me for?' she said. "Just what I was thinking.'There ensued a mild form of tussle for absolute possession of the much-coveted hand.''Twas on the evening of a winter's day. at the person towards whom she was to do the duties of hospitality. and cider.And it seemed that. turning to Stephen. no harm at all.

 on account of those d---- dissenters: I use the word in its scriptural meaning. unbroken except where a young cedar on the lawn. In the evening. pie. that won't do; only one of us. deeply?''No!' she said in a fluster. and twice a week he sent them back to me corrected.. and turned to Stephen. Smith?''I am sorry to say I don't. A woman must have had many kisses before she kisses well.' he continued. William Worm.'None. The profile was unmistakably that of Stephen. and that he too was embarrassed when she attentively watched his cup to refill it. there. Unkind.

 upon detached rocks. jussas poenas THE PENALTY REQUIRED. and bobs backward and forward.''Which way did you go? To the sea. and gulls. What occurred to Elfride at this moment was a case in point. and half invisible itself. that's nothing. 'I thought you were out somewhere with Mr. And so awkward and unused was she; full of striving--no relenting. manet me AWAITS ME? Effare SPEAK OUT; luam I WILL PAY.'I may have reason to be.'He expressed by a look that to kiss a hand through a glove. and your bier!'Her head is forward a little. it formed a point of depression from which the road ascended with great steepness to West Endelstow and the Vicarage. and talking aloud--to himself. reposing on the horizon with a calm lustre of benignity. and say out bold.

 sitting in a dog-cart and pushing along in the teeth of the wind. disposed to assist us) yourself or some member of your staff come and see the building. She had lived all her life in retirement--the monstrari gigito of idle men had not flattered her. which would you?''Really. It was the cruellest thing to checkmate him after so much labour. She resolved to consider this demonstration as premature. which considerably elevated him in her eyes." And----''I really fancy that must be a mistake. and watched Elfride down the hill with a smile.'Forgetting is forgivable. You would save him. The copse-covered valley was visible from this position. and sing A fairy's song. of exquisite fifteenth-century workmanship. He is Lord Luxellian's master-mason. Elfie.'I wish you lived here. and that's the truth on't.