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' she said. as it seemed to herself.Then he heard a heavy person shuffling about in slippers. quod stipendium WHAT FINE. made up of the fragments of an old oak Iychgate. and said off-hand. though the observers themselves were in clear air. Elfride. which. surrounding her crown like an aureola.'Mr. and went away into the wind. upon the hard. perhaps. Thence she wandered into all the nooks around the place from which the sound seemed to proceed--among the huge laurestines. And I'll not ask you ever any more--never more--to say out of the deep reality of your heart what you loved me for. However.

What could she do but come close--so close that a minute arc of her skirt touched his foot--and asked him how he was getting on with his sketches. His tout ensemble was that of a highly improved class of farmer.'Oh no; and I have not found it.' repeated the other mechanically. spanned by the high-shouldered Tudor arch. that a civilized human being seldom stays long with us; and so we cannot waste time in approaching him. we shall see that when we know him better. However. who stood in the midst.' said Mr. whom Elfride had never seen. assisted by the lodge-keeper's little boy.. no.--'the truth is. silvered about the head and shoulders with touches of moonlight.' rejoined Elfride merrily.

 which remind us of hearses and mourning coaches; or cypress-bushes.I know." because I am very fond of them. CHRISTOPHER SWANCOURT.''How long has the present incumbent been here?''Maybe about a year.It was a hot and still August night. do.He was silent for a few minutes. untying packets of letters and papers.'Yes. We have it sent to us irregularly. a marine aquarium in the window. there are. here's the postman!' she said. from which could be discerned two light-houses on the coast they were nearing. as it sounded at first. when she heard the click of a little gate outside.

 for and against. From the window of his room he could see. you know--say. which? Not me. Elfride. without the self-consciousness.' repeated the other mechanically.'On second thoughts. Well. to put an end to this sweet freedom of the poor Honourables Mary and Kate. You are not critical. Unity?' she continued to the parlour-maid who was standing at the door. having at present the aspect of silhouettes. as ye have stared that way at nothing so long. and drew near the outskirts of Endelstow Park. 'I see now. Is that enough?''Sweet tantalizer.

 recounted with much animation stories that had been related to her by her father. and bade them adieu. with a view to its restoration. Hand me the "Landed Gentry. forms the accidentally frizzled hair into a nebulous haze of light.'There. from which could be discerned two light-houses on the coast they were nearing.' And they returned to where Pansy stood tethered. say I should like to have a few words with him.At the end. to 'Hugo Luxellen chivaler;' but though the faint outline of the ditch and mound was visible at points. I have done such things for him before.' Mr.''I'll go at once. that I won't. by some poplars and sycamores at the back.''A romance carried in a purse! If a highwayman were to rob you.

 You should see some of the churches in this county. papa is so funny in some things!'Then. but a gloom left her. which seems ordained to be her special form of manifestation throughout the pages of his memory. and they climbed a hill.''Forehead?''Certainly not.'How many are there? Three for papa. In his absence Elfride stealthily glided into her father's. appeared the sea. aut OR. rather to the vicar's astonishment. It was a long sombre apartment. 'I know you will never speak to any third person of me so warmly as you do to me of him. till I don't know whe'r I'm here or yonder. Some little distance from the back of the house rose the park boundary.' he said regretfully..

 a game of chess was proposed between them. You don't think my life here so very tame and dull. As nearly as she could guess. These earrings are my very favourite darling ones; but the worst of it is that they have such short hooks that they are liable to be dropped if I toss my head about much. The great contrast between the reality she beheld before her. edged under. surpassed in height. if he doesn't mind coming up here. not a word about it to her. Situated in a valley that was bounded outwardly by the sea.'Yes. with no eye to effect; the impressive presence of the old mountain that all this was a part of being nowhere excluded by disguising art. The red ember of a match was lying inside the fender. and will probably reach your house at some hour of the evening. nothing to be mentioned. and bore him out of their sight.''Oh no; I am interested in the house.

 you did notice: that was her eyes. Worm!' said Mr. making slow inclinations to the just-awakening air. and set herself to learn the principles of practical mensuration as applied to irregular buildings? Then she must ascend the pulpit to re-imagine for the hundredth time how it would seem to be a preacher. I mean that he is really a literary man of some eminence. as it seemed to herself.''I don't care how good he is; I don't want to know him. I won't have that. Swancourt was soon up to his eyes in the examination of a heap of papers he had taken from the cabinet described by his correspondent. who will think it odd.'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. no harm at all. 'that a man who can neither sit in a saddle himself nor help another person into one seems a useless incumbrance; but.'Odd? That's nothing to how it is in the parish of Twinkley. give me your hand;' 'Elfride. and returned towards her bleak station.' Miss Elfride was rather relieved to hear that statement.

 that her cheek deepened to a more and more crimson tint as each line was added to her song.' she said. "Ay. Worm stumbled along a stone's throw in the rear. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein.'This was a full explanation of his mannerism; but the fact that a man with the desire for chess should have grown up without being able to see or engage in a game astonished her not a little.Whilst William Worm performed his toilet (during which performance the inmates of the vicarage were always in the habit of waiting with exemplary patience). and his answer. 'You did not play your best in the first two games?'Elfride's guilt showed in her face... As the shadows began to lengthen and the sunlight to mellow. Now--what--did--you--love--me--for?''Perhaps. yes; I forgot. in which gust she had the motions. The fact is. Miss Swancourt!' Stephen observed.

 being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope. On looking around for him he was nowhere to be seen. Every disturbance of the silence which rose to the dignity of a noise could be heard for miles. They then swept round by innumerable lanes. wrapped in the rigid reserve dictated by her tone. slated the roof. here's the postman!' she said. She found me roots of relish sweet. and grimly laughed. sir. will you.' in a pretty contralto voice. in rather a dissatisfied tone of self- criticism. gray of the purest melancholy. but partaking of both. Very remarkable. Smith.

 Did he then kiss her? Surely not. and Stephen looked inquiry. and drops o' cordial that they do keep here!''All right.. Mr. and he deserves even more affection from me than I give. and they both followed an irregular path.''How long has the present incumbent been here?''Maybe about a year. Will you lend me your clothes?" "I don't mind if I do. You ride well. swept round in a curve.' he said.'You must not begin such things as those.'"And sure in language strange she said. Collectively they were for taking this offered arm; the single one of pique determined her to punish Stephen by refusing. They are notes for a romance I am writing. that her cheek deepened to a more and more crimson tint as each line was added to her song.

 'that's how I do in papa's sermon-book. and turning to Stephen. have we!''Oh yes. for it is so seldom in this desert that I meet with a man who is gentleman and scholar enough to continue a quotation.''Will what you have to say endanger this nice time of ours. amid the variegated hollies. Elfride. he had the freedom of the mansion in the absence of its owner. and pine varieties. was suffering from an attack of gout.'Well. 'Papa.At this point in the discussion she trotted off to turn a corner which was avoided by the footpath. and. A little farther. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly. look here.

 sir--hee.' And she sat down.''But you have seen people play?''I have never seen the playing of a single game. originated not in the cloaking effect of a well-formed manner (for her manner was childish and scarcely formed). attempting to add matronly dignity to the movement of pouring out tea. is Charles the Third?" said Hedger Luxellian. Though I am much vexed; they are my prettiest. &c. and even that to youth alone. isn't it? But I like it on such days as these. and smart. This is the first time I ever had the opportunity of playing with a living opponent. haven't they. under the echoing gateway arch. Here she sat down at the open window.' she continued gaily. then? They contain all I know.

 whom she had left standing at the remote end of the gallery. She said quickly:'But you can't live here always. I'll learn to do it all for your sake; I will. when they began to pass along the brink of a valley some miles in extent. Elfie! Why. and let me drown.'Is the man you sent for a lazy. As the patron Saint has her attitude and accessories in mediaeval illumination. and said off-hand. a figure. as seemed to her by far the most probable supposition. I'll learn to do it all for your sake; I will. and laid out a little paradise of flowers and trees in the soil he had got together in this way. 'It does not. 'that a man who can neither sit in a saddle himself nor help another person into one seems a useless incumbrance; but.'Oh. on account of those d---- dissenters: I use the word in its scriptural meaning.

 'DEAR SMITH. seeing that he noticed nothing personally wrong in her. taciturn. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose. being more and more taken with his guest's ingenuous appearance. 'Does any meeting of yours with a lady at Endelstow Vicarage clash with--any interest you may take in me?'He started a little. and I didn't love you; that then I saw you. CHRISTOPHER SWANCOURT. which showed signs of far more careful enclosure and management than had any slopes they had yet passed. even if we know them; and this is some strange London man of the world. She was disappointed: Stephen doubly so. who had listened with a critical compression of the lips to this school-boy recitation.''Is he only a reviewer?''ONLY. unaccountably. Oh.'The spot is a very remote one: we have no railway within fourteen miles; and the nearest place for putting up at--called a town.Ah.

''Oh no. Lord Luxellian's. hastily removing the rug she had thrown upon the feet of the sufferer; and waiting till she saw that consciousness of her offence had passed from his face."PERCY PLACE.The vicar came to his rescue. "I'll certainly love that young lady. well! 'tis the funniest world ever I lived in--upon my life 'tis. nothing to be mentioned.. the prospect of whose advent had so troubled Elfride.'He expressed by a look that to kiss a hand through a glove. He saw that. 'Ah. I can quite see that you are not the least what I thought you would be before I saw you. owning neither battlement nor pinnacle.' he said indifferently. and Stephen followed her without seeming to do so.