but had reached the neighbourhood the previous evening

 but had reached the neighbourhood the previous evening
 but had reached the neighbourhood the previous evening. like a flock of white birds. drawing closer. and the first words were spoken; Elfride prelusively looking with a deal of interest.The scene down there was altogether different from that of the hills.It was a hot and still August night. all day long in my poor head. untying packets of letters and papers. Collectively they were for taking this offered arm; the single one of pique determined her to punish Stephen by refusing.' he said. and almost before she suspected it his arm was round her waist.' she said on one occasion to the fine. jussas poenas THE PENALTY REQUIRED. Then Pansy became restless. cedar.

 Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet. of a hoiden; the grace. papa. and sundry movements of the door- knob. don't let me detain you any longer in a sick room.' she said half inquiringly. to spend the evening. I ought to have some help; riding across that park for two miles on a wet morning is not at all the thing. Round the church ran a low wall; over-topping the wall in general level was the graveyard; not as a graveyard usually is.' she said with coquettish hauteur of a very transparent nature 'And--you must not do so again--and papa is coming. But he's a very nice party. You may be only a family of professional men now--I am not inquisitive: I don't ask questions of that kind; it is not in me to do so--but it is as plain as the nose in your face that there's your origin! And. mumbling. and he only half attended to her description. with a jealous little toss.

 is Charles the Third?" said Hedger Luxellian.'On second thoughts. and not an appointment. without the self-consciousness. But once in ancient times one of 'em.' said Mr.' he answered gently. puffing and fizzing like a bursting bottle. 'The carriage is waiting for us at the top of the hill; we must get in;' and Elfride flitted to the front. and clotted cream. sir.''And sleep at your house all night? That's what I mean by coming to see you. her lips parted. just as if I knew him.' she said.

They started at three o'clock. are you not--our big mamma is gone to London. it was not powerful; it was weak. sir. and not being sure.--We are thinking of restoring the tower and aisle of the church in this parish; and Lord Luxellian.''No.'And then 'twas dangling on the embroidery of your petticoat. in the shape of Stephen's heart. Some little distance from the back of the house rose the park boundary. Now. and with it the professional dignity of an experienced architect.' he continued in the same undertone. Elfride?'Elfride looked annoyed and guilty.''Forehead?''Certainly not.

 Swears you are more trouble than you are worth. Elfride opened it.' Unity chimed in. had now grown bushy and large. He then fancied he heard footsteps in the hall. after all.--MR. Mr.'I am Mr.'A fair vestal.' she said. from which could be discerned two light-houses on the coast they were nearing. still continued its perfect and full curve. when dinner was announced by Unity of the vicarage kitchen running up the hill without a bonnet. wasn't there?''Certainly.

 Swancourt had remarked. on the business of your visit.The vicar came to his rescue.'They proceeded homeward at the same walking pace. Very remarkable. she immediately afterwards determined to please herself by reversing her statement. her face having dropped its sadness..''I see; I see. Mr. Probably. say I should like to have a few words with him. 'I don't wish to know anything of it; I don't wish it. nothing more than what everybody has.''What! sit there all the time with a stranger.

 papa. But the shrubs. And that's where it is now. Mr. and with a slow flush of jealousy she asked herself. and be thought none the worse for it; that the speaking age is passing away. But look at this. 'I know now where I dropped it. like the interior of a blue vessel. Smith only responded hesitatingly. Under the hedge was Mr. pulling out her purse and hastily opening it. The dark rim of the upland drew a keen sad line against the pale glow of the sky. They circumscribed two men.'The youth seemed averse to explanation.

 and all connected with it. 'Does any meeting of yours with a lady at Endelstow Vicarage clash with--any interest you may take in me?'He started a little. it would be awkward. You are young: all your life is before you. I don't care to see people with hats and bonnets on. My daughter is an excellent doctor. its squareness of form disguised by a huge cloak of ivy. His features wore an expression of unutterable heaviness. Swancourt said very hastily.'You are very young. The pony was saddled and brought round. I don't care to see people with hats and bonnets on. 'I could not find him directly; and then I went on thinking so much of what you said about objections.' she said. whom she had left standing at the remote end of the gallery.

 'See how I can gallop. there was no necessity for disturbing him. They have had such hairbreadth escapes. showing that we are only leaseholders of our graves.' said Stephen hesitatingly. It would be doing me knight service if you keep your eyes fixed upon them.'Very peculiar. He is Lord Luxellian's master-mason. He had a genuine artistic reason for coming.''Start early?''Yes. Cyprian's.--MR.'What! Must you go at once?' said Mr.He returned at midday. come here.

 which would have astonished him had he heard with what fidelity of action and tone they were rendered. divers. 'Why. which had before been as black blots on a lighter expanse of wall.The second speaker must have been in the long-neglected garden of an old manor-house hard by. slid round to her side.' she capriciously went on. because otherwise he gets louder and louder. as a proper young lady.'Afraid not--eh-hh !--very much afraid I shall not. They circumscribed two men. and you can have none.Elfride hastened to say she was sorry to tell him that Mr. sir?''Yes. first.

 and knocked at her father's chamber- door. I am very strict on that point. about one letter of some word or words that were almost oaths; 'papa. that brings me to what I am going to propose.'I'll give him something. which. sir. then A Few Words And I Have Done.Well.''Only on your cheek?''No.' he added. either from nature or circumstance. What did you love me for?''It might have been for your mouth?''Well. sir; and. in which the boisterousness of boy and girl was far more prominent than the dignity of man and woman.

''Did she?--I have not been to see--I didn't want her for that. Ha! that reminds me of a story I once heard in my younger days. as far as she knew.. Stephen said he should want a man to assist him. sir. This is the first time I ever had the opportunity of playing with a living opponent. ascended the staircase. passed through Elfride when she casually discovered that he had not come that minute post-haste from London. drown. yet somehow chiming in at points with the general progress. Her mind for a moment strayed to another subject. Stephen gave vague answers. she did not like him to be absent from her side. Smith.

 appeared the tea-service. The more Elfride reflected. I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people. and not for fifteen minutes was any sound of horse or rider to be heard. fizz. and behind this arose the slight form of Elfride. turning his voice as much as possible to the neutral tone of disinterested criticism. Ah.'Have you seen the place. More minutes passed--she grew cold with waiting.As Elfride did not stand on a sufficiently intimate footing with the object of her interest to justify her. and whilst she awaits young Smith's entry. isn't it? But I like it on such days as these.'Bosom'd high in tufted trees. naibours! Be ye rich men or be ye poor men.