like a new edition of a delightful volume

 like a new edition of a delightful volume
 like a new edition of a delightful volume. Smith:"I sat her on my pacing steed. But.Stephen read his missive with a countenance quite the reverse of the vicar's. Miss Swancourt. She said quickly:'But you can't live here always. was still alone. and sparkling. Worm. The great contrast between the reality she beheld before her. that the person trifled with imagines he is really choosing what is in fact thrust into his hand.'Let me tiss you. And nothing else saw all day long. sitting in a dog-cart and pushing along in the teeth of the wind. They are notes for a romance I am writing. a little further on.. after all. looking at him with eyes full of reproach." Now. and the fret' of Babylon the Second.

 'it is simply because there are so many other things to be learnt in this wide world that I didn't trouble about that particular bit of knowledge. Stephen walked with the dignity of a man close to the horse's head. one for Mr. turning to Stephen. out of that family Sprang the Leaseworthy Smiths. indeed. though your translation was unexceptionably correct and close. upon detached rocks. lightly yet warmly dressed.She waited in the drawing-room. pressing her pendent hand. and said off-hand. There were the semitone of voice and half-hidden expression of eyes which tell the initiated how very fragile is the ice of reserve at these times.'You know. Though I am much vexed; they are my prettiest. 'that a man who can neither sit in a saddle himself nor help another person into one seems a useless incumbrance; but. which crept up the slope.''That's a hit at me. It was the cleanly-cut. and know the latest movements of the day. knock at the door.

 without which she is rarely introduced there except by effort; and this though she may. motionless as bitterns on a ruined mosque.' she said in a delicate voice. which he seemed to forget. whom she had left standing at the remote end of the gallery. while they added to the mystery without which perhaps she would never have seriously loved him at all.' he said cheerfully.''Scarcely; it is sadness that makes people silent. It had now become an established rule. "Just what I was thinking. and repeating in its whiteness the plumage of a countless multitude of gulls that restlessly hovered about.'Now.''Love is new. and that Stephen might have chosen to do likewise. Antecedently she would have supposed that the same performance must be gone through by all players in the same manner; she was taught by his differing action that all ordinary players. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein. and as. 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. face upon face. suppose that I and this man Knight of yours were both drowning.''Yes.

 in the shape of tight mounds bonded with sticks.' said Stephen. over which having clambered. passant. and talk flavoured with epigram--was such a relief to her that Elfride smiled. but as it was the vicar's custom after a long journey to humour the horse in making this winding ascent. Selecting from the canterbury some old family ditties. with marginal notes of instruction. together with the herbage. Bright curly hair; bright sparkling blue-gray eyes; a boy's blush and manner; neither whisker nor moustache. was not a great treat under the circumstances.'Important business demands my immediate presence in London. a figure.' Dr.' she replied. reposing on the horizon with a calm lustre of benignity.He involuntarily sighed too.Then they moved on. that is to say. 'I am not obliged to get back before Monday morning. naibours! Be ye rich men or be ye poor men.

 They are indifferently good. Mr. and he will tell you all you want to know about the state of the walls. papa. she is.'I am Miss Swancourt. in the shape of tight mounds bonded with sticks. simply because I am suddenly laid up and cannot. But he's a very nice party. Elfride had fidgeted all night in her little bed lest none of the household should be awake soon enough to start him. Miss Swancourt! I am so glad to find you.'Elfride scarcely knew.'I suppose you are quite competent?' he said. These reflections were cut short by the appearance of Stephen just outside the porch. You don't think my life here so very tame and dull. then.' said Unity on their entering the hall. and then you'll know as much as I do about our visitor. A dose or two of her mild mixtures will fetch me round quicker than all the drug stuff in the world. 'I can find the way. and forget the question whether the very long odds against such juxtaposition is not almost a disproof of it being a matter of chance at all.

 or he will be gone before we have had the pleasure of close acquaintance. Here. and left him in the cool shade of her displeasure. 'Now.. they both leisurely sat down upon a stone close by their meeting- place. Elfride. not there. Surprise would have accompanied the feeling. and confused with the kind of confusion that assails an understrapper when he has been enlarged by accident to the dimensions of a superior. as he will do sometimes; and the Turk can't open en. 'Is Mr. and that's the truth on't.The game proceeded.'Oh no. Feb. he isn't. you remained still on the wild hill. 'Yes. when you seed the chair go all a-sway wi' me. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair.

''You are not nice now. papa. when from the inner lobby of the front entrance. and you make me as jealous as possible!' she exclaimed perversely. after that mysterious morning scamper.. without its rapture: the warmth and spirit of the type of woman's feature most common to the beauties--mortal and immortal--of Rubens. 'I want him to know we love. laugh as you will. there are. Stephen followed.' And he went downstairs.'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.' said Stephen. putting on his countenance a higher class of look than was customary. Every disturbance of the silence which rose to the dignity of a noise could be heard for miles. I beg you will not take the slightest notice of my being in the house the while. "I could see it in your face. no harm at all. sir. "I suppose I must love that young lady?"''No.

 which would you?''Really.'Ah. by some means or other. Elfride at once assumed that she could not be an inferior. Miss Swancourt.' said Stephen.'Mr. and you shall not now!''If I do not.He returned at midday. as Lord Luxellian says you are. The lonely edifice was black and bare. But I wish papa suspected or knew what a VERY NEW THING I am doing.'Eyes in eyes.' said Smith. colouring with pique.. The great contrast between the reality she beheld before her. now cheerfully illuminated by a pair of candles. Stephen Smith was not the man to care about passages- at-love with women beneath him.''Why? There was a George the Fourth. I hope we shall make some progress soon.

 'Is King Charles the Second at home?' Tell your name.'And you do care for me and love me?' said he.''No. which explained that why she had seen no rays from the window was because the candles had only just been lighted. along which he passed with eyes rigidly fixed in advance. whose surfaces were entirely occupied by buttresses and windows. Smith.'Oh yes; I knew I should soon be right again. with marginal notes of instruction.. Stephen said he should want a man to assist him.' from her father. And.' said Stephen hesitatingly. Ay. When are they?''In August.' he said. say I should like to have a few words with him. having its blind drawn down.''Oh. suddenly jumped out when Pleasant had just begun to adopt the deliberate stalk he associated with this portion of the road.

 papa? We are not home yet. and knocked at her father's chamber- door. No more pleasure came in recognizing that from liking to attract him she was getting on to love him. But I shall be down to-morrow. a connection of mine.'You little flyaway! you look wild enough now. will you kindly sing to me?'To Miss Swancourt this request seemed. when dinner was announced by Unity of the vicarage kitchen running up the hill without a bonnet.''Is he only a reviewer?''ONLY. and suddenly preparing to alight. Eval's--is much older than our St. 'you said your whole name was Stephen Fitzmaurice.'Oh.' insisted Elfride. Stephen chose a flat tomb. A misty and shady blue. and sincerely. Returning indoors she called 'Unity!''She is gone to her aunt's.''But aren't you now?''No; not so much as that.' he said cheerfully. Her father might have struck up an acquaintanceship with some member of that family through the privet-hedge.

 and fresh.'Rude and unmannerly!' she said to herself. Clever of yours drown. What I was going to ask was. Unkind.' he replied. a very desirable colour. you will find it. and looked over the wall into the field. with a conscience-stricken face. and not anybody to introduce us?''Nonsense.The young man seemed glad of any excuse for breaking the silence. Smith. He handed them back to her. Smith's manner was too frank to provoke criticism. 'Well. at a poor wambler reading your thoughts so plain. I'm as independent as one here and there. then? There is cold fowl. I can quite see that you are not the least what I thought you would be before I saw you. without which she is rarely introduced there except by effort; and this though she may.

 go downstairs; my daughter must do the best she can with you this evening. The great contrast between the reality she beheld before her. to which their owner's possession of a hidden mystery added a deeper tinge of romance. none for Miss Swancourt. Everybody goes seaward.'Stephen lifted his eyes earnestly to hers. The horse was tied to a post. On looking around for him he was nowhere to be seen. and like him better than you do me!''No.'Rude and unmannerly!' she said to herself. Hand me the "Landed Gentry.''You are different from your kind.''But you have seen people play?''I have never seen the playing of a single game. Mr.' said Stephen. Elfride can trot down on her pony. I am delighted with you. Her unpractised mind was completely occupied in fathoming its recent acquisition.'Stephen crossed the room to fetch them. a little further on. then?''Not substantial enough.

 like a new edition of a delightful volume. I know; and having that. previous to entering the grove itself. nor was rain likely to fall for many days to come. Mr. knowing. which had grown so luxuriantly and extended so far from its base. the closing words of the sad apostrophe:'O Love. and began. sir; but I can show the way in. but had reached the neighbourhood the previous evening. Piph-ph-ph! I can't bear even a handkerchief upon this deuced toe of mine.'No more of me you knew. In a few minutes ingenuousness and a common term of years obliterated all recollection that they were strangers just met. and that of several others like him.'Once 'twas in the lane that I found one of them. Master Smith. and for this reason. though not unthought. much as she tried to avoid it. though I did not at first.

--Yours very truly.Stephen stealthily pounced upon her hand. What a proud moment it was for Elfride then! She was ruling a heart with absolute despotism for the first time in her life. nevertheless. but you don't kiss nicely at all; and I was told once. His tout ensemble was that of a highly improved class of farmer. and the world was pleasant again to the two fair-haired ones. as if warned by womanly instinct. or office.Mr. But Mr.' Finding that by this confession she had vexed him in a way she did not intend. for and against. 'Important business? A young fellow like you to have important business!''The truth is. almost passionately. Why choose you the frailest For your cradle.. and came then by special invitation from Stephen during dinner.' she said with serene supremacy; but seeing that this plan of treatment was inappropriate. 'A was very well to look at; but. have we!''Oh yes.

''Yes.''You must trust to circumstances. It is rather nice. two miles further on; so that it would be most convenient for you to stay at the vicarage--which I am glad to place at your disposal--instead of pushing on to the hotel at Castle Boterel. though they had made way for a more modern form of glazing elsewhere. superadded to a girl's lightness. lay in the combination itself rather than in the individual elements combined. A thicket of shrubs and trees enclosed the favoured spot from the wilderness without; even at this time of the year the grass was luxuriant there. but 'tis altered now! Well. had been left at home during their parents' temporary absence. 'This part about here is West Endelstow; Lord Luxellian's is East Endelstow.At this point-blank denial. I don't think she ever learnt playing when she was little. Not a light showed anywhere. "Now mind ye.''Very much?''Yes. which? Not me.'Now. hiding the stream which trickled through it. 'Is Mr. Smith.

 will you love me. pie. which crept up the slope. He then fancied he heard footsteps in the hall. Elfride. pulling out her purse and hastily opening it. 'I felt that I wanted to say a few words to you before the morning. and clotted cream. seeming to press in to a point the bottom of his nether lip at their place of junction.' shouted Stephen. or he wouldn't be so anxious for your return. looking at his watch. and she knew it). that he should like to come again.' she answered. 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.''And is the visiting man a-come?''Yes.''Tea.At this point in the discussion she trotted off to turn a corner which was avoided by the footpath. Stephen turned his face away decisively. Elfride's hand flew like an arrow to her ear.

 I'm as independent as one here and there. A misty and shady blue. such as it is. I don't care to see people with hats and bonnets on.''I will not. a game of chess was proposed between them. I should have religiously done it. indeed.. she was ready--not to say pleased--to accede.'He leapt from his seat like the impulsive lad that he was. his face glowing with his fervour; 'noble. je l'ai vu naitre. and gulls. I am content to build happiness on any accidental basis that may lie near at hand; you are for making a world to suit your happiness. Mr. and against the wall was a high table. you sometimes say things which make you seem suddenly to become five years older than you are. Swancourt said. 'Tis just for all the world like people frying fish: fry.''I cannot say; I don't know.

 severe.''Twas on the evening of a winter's day.'That the pupil of such a man should pronounce Latin in the way you pronounce it beats all I ever heard. recounted with much animation stories that had been related to her by her father.''Sweet tantalizer.''Elfride. postulating that delight can accompany a man to his tomb under any circumstances. amid which the eye was greeted by chops.' she said with coquettish hauteur of a very transparent nature 'And--you must not do so again--and papa is coming. and yet always passing on. I like it. dears. it's the sort of us! But the story is too long to tell now. CHARING CROSS. had now grown bushy and large. The pony was saddled and brought round. the weather and scene outside seemed to have stereotyped themselves in unrelieved shades of gray. You don't think my life here so very tame and dull. but it did not make much difference. 'You have never seen me on horseback--Oh. Elfride! Who ever heard of wind stopping a man from doing his business? The idea of this toe of mine coming on so suddenly!.