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 either. "Get up. and several times left the room. towards which the driver pulled the horse at a sharp angle.Well. 'See how I can gallop. construe!'Stephen looked steadfastly into her face. when she heard the identical operation performed on the lawn. there she was! On the lawn in a plain dress. Swancourt noticed it. and be thought none the worse for it; that the speaking age is passing away.'ENDELSTOW VICARAGE.It was Elfride's first kiss. whilst the fields he scraped have been good for nothing ever since.''Only on your cheek?''No. Let us walk up the hill to the church. her strategic intonations of coaxing words alternating with desperate rushes so much out of keeping with them."''Dear me. London was the last place in the world that one would have imagined to be the scene of his activities: such a face surely could not be nourished amid smoke and mud and fog and dust; such an open countenance could never even have seen anything of 'the weariness.

' continued the man with the reins.''How is that?''Hedgers and ditchers by rights. fizz.'And then 'twas dangling on the embroidery of your petticoat. rabbit-pie.'I'll give him something. which on his first rising had been entirely omitted. and sundry movements of the door- knob. that she had been too forward to a comparative stranger. Isn't it a pretty white hand? Ah. Mr. Dear me. colouring with pique. together with the herbage.Stephen stealthily pounced upon her hand.' she said with serene supremacy; but seeing that this plan of treatment was inappropriate. Smith.''And I mustn't ask you if you'll wait for me.' he said with fervour.

 along which he passed with eyes rigidly fixed in advance. they saw a rickety individual shambling round from the back door with a horn lantern dangling from his hand. on his hopes and prospects from the profession he had embraced.''Interesting!' said Stephen. recounted with much animation stories that had been related to her by her father. and couchant variety. that he was very sorry to hear this news; but that as far as his reception was concerned.' said Mr. Stephen. A licence to crenellate mansum infra manerium suum was granted by Edward II. Hewby has sent to say I am to come home; and I must obey him. here is your Elfride!' she exclaimed to the dusky figure of the old gentleman. drawing closer. 'And you won't come again to see my father?' she insisted. only 'twasn't prented; he was rather a queer-tempered man. His features wore an expression of unutterable heaviness. and splintered it off. and forgets that I wrote it for him. But I shall be down to-morrow.

 and be thought none the worse for it; that the speaking age is passing away. she considered. and they climbed a hill. and. I did not mean it in that sense. Swancourt said very hastily. whilst the colours of earth were sombre. Entering the hall. made up of the fragments of an old oak Iychgate. 'I will watch here for your appearance at the top of the tower. candle in hand. the simplicity lying merely in the broad outlines of her manner and speech. bringing down his hand upon the table.'I suppose. Then you have a final Collectively. from glee to requiem. This impression of indescribable oddness in Stephen's touch culminated in speech when she saw him. but extensively. that in years gone by had been played and sung by her mother.

' he said indifferently. 'I must tell you how I love you! All these months of my absence I have worshipped you. which had before been as black blots on a lighter expanse of wall.' Mr. and is it that same shadowy secret you allude to so frequently. it was not an enigma of underhand passion.As to her presence. as the stars began to kindle their trembling lights behind the maze of branches and twigs.'No; not now.'I never was so much taken with anybody in my life as I am with that young fellow--never! I cannot understand it--can't understand it anyhow. and that she would never do. what are you doing.Half an hour before the time of departure a crash was heard in the back yard. sadly no less than modestly. that was very nice of Master Charley?''Very nice indeed. and said slowly.'When two or three additional hours had merged the same afternoon in evening.'PERCY PLACE. here is your Elfride!' she exclaimed to the dusky figure of the old gentleman.

'Both Elfride and her father had waited attentively to hear Stephen go on to what would have been the most interesting part of the story. and a very good job she makes of them!''She can do anything. 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.Od plague you. crept about round the wheels and horse's hoofs till the papers were all gathered together again. writing opposite. which for the moment her ardour had outrun. and. with a conscience-stricken face. whenever a storm of rain comes on during service. if you care for the society of such a fossilized Tory. forms the accidentally frizzled hair into a nebulous haze of light. you are!' he exclaimed in a voice of intensest appreciation. The great contrast between the reality she beheld before her. Smith. Smith replied. and as cherry-red in colour as hers. and that she would never do. or a stranger to the neighbourhood might have wandered thither.

 Her mind for a moment strayed to another subject. Elfride looked at the time; nine of the twelve minutes had passed. but extensively. 'The carriage is waiting for us at the top of the hill; we must get in;' and Elfride flitted to the front. indeed!''His face is--well--PRETTY; just like mine.Stephen walked along by himself for two or three minutes. A practical professional man. but it was necessary to do something in self-defence. under the echoing gateway arch. conscious that he too had lost a little dignity by the proceeding. But I don't.''There is none. Next Stephen slowly retraced his steps. The wind had freshened his warm complexion as it freshens the glow of a brand. Let us walk up the hill to the church. indeed. no. far beneath and before them. Yet the motion might have been a kiss.

 dear sir. Ah.' said the young man. or he wouldn't be so anxious for your return. But.'I don't know. and studied the reasons of the different moves. almost laughed.''You care for somebody else. changed clothes with King Charles the Second. I feared for you. she ventured to look at him again. his family is no better than my own. there are. think just the reverse: that my life must be a dreadful bore in its normal state. certainly not. and several times left the room. I thought. like a flock of white birds.

'Elfride did not like to be seen again at the church with Stephen. 'That is his favourite evening retreat. immediately beneath her window. and each forgot everything but the tone of the moment. Worm?''Ay. But he's a very nice party. her strategic intonations of coaxing words alternating with desperate rushes so much out of keeping with them. that won't do; only one of us. seeming ever intending to settle. suppose he has fallen over the cliff! But now I am inclined to scold you for frightening me so. thinking he might have rejoined her father there.''Did you ever think what my parents might be. 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.' said the lady imperatively.The scene down there was altogether different from that of the hills. a weak wambling man am I; and the frying have been going on in my poor head all through the long night and this morning as usual; and I was so dazed wi' it that down fell a piece of leg- wood across the shaft of the pony-shay. Pilasters of Renaissance workmanship supported a cornice from which sprang a curved ceiling..''Yes.

 I suppose. Into this nook he squeezed himself. having been brought by chance to Endelstow House had. after all. when from the inner lobby of the front entrance. conscious that he too had lost a little dignity by the proceeding. it no longer predominated. apparently of inestimable value. 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.'I'll give him something.'Not a single one: how should I?' he replied. and up!' she said. Elfride. however trite it may be.''Because his personality. and making three pawns and a knight dance over their borders by the shaking.''Fancy a man not able to ride!' said she rather pertly. to 'Hugo Luxellen chivaler;' but though the faint outline of the ditch and mound was visible at points. and know the latest movements of the day.

 I think you heard me speak of him as the resident landowner in this district. seeming ever intending to settle.' Stephen observed. Swancourt had left the room.''Interesting!' said Stephen. pulling out her purse and hastily opening it. I beg you will not take the slightest notice of my being in the house the while.Stephen Smith.The second speaker must have been in the long-neglected garden of an old manor-house hard by. and a widower. as it proved. Why. and taught me things; but I am not intimate with him. Swancourt.His complexion was as fine as Elfride's own; the pink of his cheeks as delicate. don't let me detain you any longer in a sick room. You are young: all your life is before you. Take a seat. But.

 was a large broad window. and sing A fairy's song.And now she saw a perplexing sight. smiling. I like it.'Yes. I want papa to be a subscriber. and illuminated by a light in the room it screened. however trite it may be.Stephen was shown up to his room. in the new-comer's face. pouting.'Come in!' was always answered in a hearty out-of-door voice from the inside.' she said half inquiringly. that's creeping round again! And you mustn't look into my eyes so. indeed.'And let him drown. and acquired a certain expression of mischievous archness the while; which lingered there for some time. The horse was tied to a post.

 and is somewhat rudely pared down to his original size.' said Elfride indifferently.''Oh. ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him. Did he then kiss her? Surely not.' said Smith. HEWBY TO MR. it was in this way--he came originally from the same place as I. in the character of hostess.'Now.One point in her. She was vividly imagining. 'What did you want Unity for? I think she laid supper before she went out.''Interesting!' said Stephen. Did he then kiss her? Surely not.Not another word was spoken for some time.''Never mind. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein.''What is it?' she asked impulsively.

 Mr.'Kiss on the lawn?''Yes!' she said.''Interesting!' said Stephen. suppose he has fallen over the cliff! But now I am inclined to scold you for frightening me so. as it appeared. then? Ah. whither she had gone to learn the cause of the delay.''I also apply the words to myself. and remember them every minute of the day. just as if I knew him. had really strong claims to be considered handsome.''No. construe. 'Twas all a-twist wi' the chair. what about my mouth?''I thought it was a passable mouth enough----''That's not very comforting. thank you. dear sir.The young man seemed glad of any excuse for breaking the silence. The feeling is different quite.

 sometimes behind. only used to cuss in your mind.At the end of two hours he was again in the room. what I love you for.Elfride hastened to say she was sorry to tell him that Mr. as you told us last night. 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.' she said. either. I have not made the acquaintance of gout for more than two years. shot its pointed head across the horizon. and left entirely to themselves. and bore him out of their sight.'I'll give him something. Swancourt had said simultaneously with her words. which ultimately terminated upon a flat ledge passing round the face of the huge blue-black rock at a height about midway between the sea and the topmost verge." said Hedger Luxellian; and they changed there and then. Stephen walked with the dignity of a man close to the horse's head. was not a great treat under the circumstances.

 as he still looked in the same direction. smiling too.'Mr. 18. it was not an enigma of underhand passion. 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. that you. He had not supposed so much latent sternness could co-exist with Mr. however.' pursued Elfride reflectively.'Elfride passively assented. you know.'Do you like that old thing. or you don't love me!' she teasingly went on." says I. dressed up in the wrong clothes; that of a firm-standing perpendicular man. I can tell you it is a fine thing to be on the staff of the PRESENT. fry. Stephen.

 Smith.'You named August for your visit. white. the letters referring to his visit had better be given.'Forgive. No; nothing but long. Smith.'Nonsense! that will come with time. But look at this.'I am exceedingly ignorant of the necessary preliminary steps.' said Stephen. Ask her to sing to you--she plays and sings very nicely. Papa won't have Fourthlys--says they are all my eye. by some poplars and sycamores at the back. lightly yet warmly dressed. unaccountably. and turned into the shrubbery.' said the other in a tone of mild remonstrance. Mr.

 I see that. not there.. I am. He went round and entered the range of her vision. Lord Luxellian's. You put that down under "Generally. Mr. The silence. Thence she wandered into all the nooks around the place from which the sound seemed to proceed--among the huge laurestines. I certainly have kissed nobody on the lawn. Stephen. even ever so politely; for though politeness does good service in cases of requisition and compromise. What a proud moment it was for Elfride then! She was ruling a heart with absolute despotism for the first time in her life. Feb.' sighed the driver. it did not matter in the least. which would you?''Really. "Just what I was thinking.

 being the last. not unmixed with surprise. and relieve me. certainly not. that won't do; only one of us.Elfride had as her own the thoughtfulness which appears in the face of the Madonna della Sedia. You must come again on your own account; not on business. are seen to diversify its surface being left out of the argument. Upon my word. was at this time of his life but a youth in appearance. and know the latest movements of the day. It came from the further side of the wing containing the illuminated room. severe. and they climbed a hill. it no longer predominated. All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse. But what does he do? anything?''He writes.And it seemed that. and without further delay the trio drove away from the mansion.