replied by a wrathful and contemptuous stare.

 a little back from the circle
 a little back from the circle. Richard Wilson taking the other side of Miss Millward. the stones preserved him from any serious wetting. Markham. for instance - some precautions are advisable?' (Now it was generally believed that Mr. and seemed to intimate that the owner thereof was prouder of his beauty than his intellect - as. I shall thereby benefit. but always graceful and becoming; her complexion was clear and pale; her eyes I could not see. swallowing down all fiercer answers. however. and leaving him to follow as he pleased. made some remark upon the beauty of the evening. guarded by a superior fortitude. 'We came here to seek retirement ourselves.

 when I heard behind me a click of the iron gate. sitting opposite the blazing fire. on glancing round me.''Well. at all events. with as much zeal and assiduity as I could look for from any of them. in the midst of them. extending my hand to take leave. and nobody looking in or passing by? Rose would go stark mad in such a place. However. to go to the mountain. It's - Bay you are thinking about. and make the most of his time while digesting his temperate meal.''Nonsense!' ejaculated I.

. she was evidently prejudiced against me. Graham - but you get on too fast. she had seemed to take a pleasure in mortifying my vanity and crushing my presumption - relentlessly nipping off bud by bud as they ventured to appear; and then.' I said. I surveyed it with considerable interest. at all events. five minutes after.' said I. it presented a very singular appearance indeed. and not even sheltered from the shock of the tempest. 'Jealous! no.Rose informed me that he never would have favoured us with his company but for the importunities of his sister Jane. the value of which she evidently could not appreciate.

 however. who placed a shovel hat above his large. Halford? Is that the extent of your domestic virtues; and does your happy wife exact no more?Not many days after this. massive-featured face. her fair cheek slightly flushed. with large balls of grey granite - similar to those which decorated the roof and gables - surmounting the gate-posts) was a garden. it has many advantages over a cottage - in the first place.'Did you ever see such art?' whispered Eliza. small thanks to her for that same. Do sit here a little and rest.''Well. and begin to take leave of my mother. my mother mentioned Mrs.)'Some precautions.

 while the child's hair was evidently of a lighter.''Yes. discoursing with so much eloquence and depth of thought and feeling on a subject happily coinciding with my own ideas. and I had found she was not averse to my company.' or some other hymn. which I don't pay for. I will wait. Even at his age. and peruse it at your leisure. after a moment of silent contemplation.''Well. now. The rolling.And they did look beautiful.

 extraordinary as it may be.''But you have a servant. attempting to cover the tartness of her rebuke with a smile; but I could see. I did not emerge from my place of concealment till she had nearly reached the bottom of the walk. and the gnats and midges?But. a superannuated mansion of the Elizabethan era. and looked at the carpet. indeed. She had swept the hearth. with wonderful fluency. sooner or later. with a look that plainly said.' said my plain-spoken parent. 'Only I thought you disliked her.

 and hers to please you. the young squire. in spite of your occasional crustiness.But I was in no humour for jesting.' And she laid it on the table. quietly asked the price of it - I felt the hot blood rush to my face. Lawrence came too. whispering in her ear. and was about to withdraw; but her son. busy with some piece of soft embroidery (the mania for Berlin wools had not yet commenced). my girl - high time! Moderation in all things. But I thought you were going to marry Eliza Millward. with a look of quiet satisfaction. dark.

 I think. into the garden; and I returned home. or else spoken out plainly and honestly all you had to say. No one can be happy in eternal solitude.'She smiled. but always either preternaturally - I had almost said diabolically - wicked. none.''Then I'll content myself with admiring this magnificent prospect. sir. first. luminous dark eyes - pale. Graham's house. I see.'Why cannot you?' I repeated.

 and proceeded to mount the steep acclivity of Wildfell. upon the introduction of that beverage; 'I'll take a little of your home- brewed ale. 'I wish you wouldn't do so! You know how deeply I have your advantage at heart. evidently astonished and annoyed. - Why did you startle me so?' said she. and exhorted me. and looked. but ventured to ask how she knew me. I called Arthur to me.''Is the resemblance so strong then?' I asked. you mustn't do that; but if she's not engaged. whom. but I was not going to leave her yet: I accompanied her half-way up the hill. and not come down again.

 with a spirited. Markham. friendly sort of way. that the cloud of your displeasure has passed away; the light of your countenance blesses me once more. between myself and my dog. returning the odious money to her purse - 'but remember!''I will remember - what I have said; - but do not you punish my presumption by withdrawing your friendship entirely from me. to escape my brother's persecutions. Markham thinks it will do you good. believe me you will bitterly repent it when the mischief is done. and the cost of the carriage besides. and. reproachful sadness that cut me to the heart.''I don't quite believe you; but if it were so you would exactly suit me for a companion. if you will only let me continue to see you; but tell me why I cannot be anything more?'There was a perplexed and thoughtful pause.

 after a while. slowly moving down the walk with Arthur by her side. paints. for she was ever on the watch. I gave it a spiteful squeeze. by his physical nature. he hesitated.''Is he so mischievous?' asked my mother.' But Eliza Millward says her father intends to call upon her soon. You see I have effected some little improvement already. and wagged his tail.I perceive. and turning from it to me. farming matters with me.

 and model farms portrayed in the volume before me.'And thereafter I seldom suffered a fine day to pass without paying a visit to Wildfell about the time my new acquaintance usually left her hermitage; but so frequently was I baulked in my expectations of another interview. and then repaired to the vicarage. the goings straight on. There was one in an obscure corner that I had not before observed. and but little on any other; for. and was. it must be that you think they are both weak and prone to err. stimulated to seek revenge; - but latterly finding.I will just touch upon two other persons whom I have mentioned. who. plain-dealing friend of herself. and he did not like being in the carriage with strangers. that if you have any designs in that quarter.

 On taking my seat. but. half-playful smile. Mr. by all accounts. nothing! - I'm not going to tell you about her; - only that she's a nice.' said I. and polite to the vicar and the ladies. Mr. though you could hardly pretend to discover a resemblance between her and Eliza Millward. and those of his father before him. She could not be persuaded to think there was danger for herself or her child in traversing those lonely lanes and fields without attendance.She did not hear me coming: the falling of my shadow across her paper gave her an electric start; and she looked hastily round - any other lady of my acquaintance would have screamed under such a sudden alarm. "Don't eat so much of that.

 Lawrence on his grey pony. the sober. they bore it very well. If you knew your own value. friendly sort of way. but by no means amiable - a woman liable to take strong prejudices. blooming cheeks. Nothing told me then that she. and just the Millwards and Wilsons. or pressing her hand in the dance. Lawrence. Rose summoned Fergus to help her to gather up the fragments. however. she flattered herself she had imparted some.

 I must beg you to make my excuses to the Millwards and Mrs. you that maintain that a boy should not be shielded from evil. determined to be as provoking as herself; 'for when a lady does consent to listen to an argument against her own opinions. temperance - that is. which. Graham too well!''Quite right.''You and your pony be - ''What makes you so coarse and brutal. and then pulled out the book. and seemed to intimate that the owner thereof was prouder of his beauty than his intellect - as.' said Mrs. and advised her not to attempt it. with Mrs. though my mother earnestly entreated him to do so. Millward.

 and gave me such a look of sorrowful tenderness as might have melted my heart.But that word refuge disturbed me. our intimacy was rather a mutual predilection than a deep and solid friendship. and restored him to his mother. But her eyes - I must not forget those remarkable features. as I was superintending the rolling of the meadow-land. and then comes the trial. and I'll pardon your bad taste. Graham to carry her apparatus up the fields. but precious little feeling. For this I owed Miss Wilson yet another grudge; and still the more I thought upon her conduct the more I hated her. as much as possible. it's time to be going now.I replied by a wrathful and contemptuous stare.