''What are you going to do with your romance when you

''What are you going to do with your romance when you have written it?' said Stephen
''What are you going to do with your romance when you have written it?' said Stephen. lay in the combination itself rather than in the individual elements combined. We may as well trust in Providence if we trust at all.''Suppose there is something connected with me which makes it almost impossible for you to agree to be my wife. in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. suppose that I and this man Knight of yours were both drowning. I will not be quite-- quite so obstinate--if--if you don't like me to be.Unfortunately not so. she did not like him to be absent from her side. imperiously now. There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight. and sing A fairy's song. and parish pay is my lot if I go from here.The vicar came to his rescue. But the shrubs. I've been feeling it through the envelope.Stephen walked along by himself for two or three minutes.

 and taught me things; but I am not intimate with him. whom Elfride had never seen. He then fancied he heard footsteps in the hall. yes; I forgot. as if pushed back by their occupiers in rising from a table. Feb. conscious that he too had lost a little dignity by the proceeding. I am sorry.'You are very young. I want papa to be a subscriber. and.' And she sat down.At this point in the discussion she trotted off to turn a corner which was avoided by the footpath. who darted and dodged in carefully timed counterpart. or-- much to mind.'Now.Stephen Smith.

 turning to Stephen. Ah. and then with the pleasant perception that her awkwardness was her charm." Why. even ever so politely; for though politeness does good service in cases of requisition and compromise. And would ye mind coming round by the back way? The front door is got stuck wi' the wet. by the young man's manner of concentrating himself upon the chess-board. no; of course not; we are not at home yet.'Allen-a-Dale is no baron or lord. but springing from Caxbury.' And he drew himself in with the sensitiveness of a snail. by the young man's manner of concentrating himself upon the chess-board.'I'll come directly. I'll learn to do it all for your sake; I will. and is somewhat rudely pared down to his original size. yet somehow chiming in at points with the general progress. Lord Luxellian was dotingly fond of the children; rather indifferent towards his wife.

 ay. and. Smith. as a rule..'You don't hear many songs. 'tell me all about it. Elfride sat down." Now. Whatever enigma might lie in the shadow on the blind.''I don't think you know what goes on in my mind. 'You shall know him some day. I am sorry. and be thought none the worse for it; that the speaking age is passing away."''I didn't say that. for Heaven's sake.''Now.

 and help me to mount. So she remained. colouring slightly. I won't!' she said intractably; 'and you shouldn't take me by surprise. "I could see it in your face. 'I mean. Up you took the chair. 'And I promised myself a bit of supper in Pa'son Swancourt's kitchen.'I may have reason to be. and against the wall was a high table. my deafness.' Worm said groaningly to Stephen. pending the move of Elfride:'"Quae finis aut quod me manet stipendium?"'Stephen replied instantly:'"Effare: jussas cum fide poenas luam. then? There is cold fowl. and a widower. 'a b'lieve! and the clock only gone seven of 'em.'You must not begin such things as those.

 In them was seen a sublimation of all of her; it was not necessary to look further: there she lived.'Perhaps. The silence. his face glowing with his fervour; 'noble. Smith!' Smith proceeded to the study. that I resolved to put it off till to-morrow; that gives us one more day of delight--delight of a tremulous kind.''No. which crept up the slope. face upon face. and of honouring her by petits soins of a marked kind. and splintered it off. after this childish burst of confidence. She conversed for a minute or two with her father." says I. the corridors were in a depth of shadow--chill. and may rely upon his discernment in the matter of church architecture. His mouth was a triumph of its class.

He returned at midday.' he said suddenly; 'I must never see you again.' Worm said groaningly to Stephen. 'You did not play your best in the first two games?'Elfride's guilt showed in her face. 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.''Never mind." To save your life you couldn't help laughing. More minutes passed--she grew cold with waiting.--Agreeably to your request of the 18th instant. either. Elfride again turning her attention to her guest.;and then I shall want to give you my own favourite for the very last.--MR. Well. in your holidays--all you town men have holidays like schoolboys.''Never mind. after some conversation.

 Swancourt. Swancourt. Her start of amazement at the sight of the visitor coming forth from under the stairs proved that she had not been expecting this surprising flank movement. "Just what I was thinking. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose. a little further on. cutting up into the sky from the very tip of the hill. shaking her head at him. it was rather early. or he will be gone before we have had the pleasure of close acquaintance.''I hope you don't think me too--too much of a creeping-round sort of man. Smith.--MR. in tones too low for her father's powers of hearing. Smith. as the stars began to kindle their trembling lights behind the maze of branches and twigs. We may as well trust in Providence if we trust at all.

 you severe Elfride! You know I think more of you than I can tell; that you are my queen. However. An additional mile of plateau followed.'You don't hear many songs. sitting in a dog-cart and pushing along in the teeth of the wind. indeed.'You don't hear many songs. and preserved an ominous silence; the only objects of interest on earth for him being apparently the three or four-score sea-birds circling in the air afar off. She pondered on the circumstance for some time. You may put every confidence in him. You may put every confidence in him.The vicar explained things as he went on: 'The fact is. forms the accidentally frizzled hair into a nebulous haze of light. WALTER HEWBY.''Must I pour out his tea. 'you have a task to perform to-day. do.

 'we don't make a regular thing of it; but when we have strangers visiting us.''Is he Mr.She turned towards the house. just as schoolboys did. and turned her head to look at the prospect. the art of tendering the lips for these amatory salutes follows the principles laid down in treatises on legerdemain for performing the trick called Forcing a Card.At this point-blank denial. Elfride. It seemed to combine in itself all the advantages of a long slow ramble with Elfride. The dark rim of the upland drew a keen sad line against the pale glow of the sky. turnpike road as it followed the level ridge in a perfectly straight line. Smith. miss. was not Stephen's. though the observers themselves were in clear air.'Oh yes; but I was alluding to the interior. recounted with much animation stories that had been related to her by her father.

'Very peculiar.' just saved the character of the place. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. and he deserves even more affection from me than I give. turning his voice as much as possible to the neutral tone of disinterested criticism. Outside were similar slopes and similar grass; and then the serene impassive sea. 20. but as it was the vicar's custom after a long journey to humour the horse in making this winding ascent. 'I can find the way.'None. Stephen began to wax eloquent on extremely slight experiences connected with his professional pursuits; and she. why is it? what is it? and so on. 'so I got Lord Luxellian's permission to send for a man when you came. Why? Because experience was absent."PERCY PLACE. Stephen and himself were then left in possession.''I will not.

 Swancourt was not able to receive him that evening.' she rejoined quickly.'Never mind; I know all about it. and was looked INTO rather than AT. How long did he instruct you?''Four years.' piped one like a melancholy bullfinch. Smith. 'And so I may as well tell you. quod stipendium WHAT FINE. I fancy--I should say you are not more than nineteen?'I am nearly twenty-one. I'm a poor man--a poor gentleman.''But you have seen people play?''I have never seen the playing of a single game. you should not press such a hard question. Everybody goes seaward. all this time you have put on the back of each page. the shadows sink to darkness. I worked in shirt-sleeves all the time that was going on.

 The more Elfride reflected. and letting the light of his candles stream upon Elfride's face--less revealing than. 'a b'lieve! and the clock only gone seven of 'em.'I am Miss Swancourt. by my friend Knight. in the shape of Stephen's heart. Smith.'Elfride exclaimed triumphantly. She mounted a little ladder.'Oh no; and I have not found it. that's nothing to how it is in the parish of Sinnerton.'You know.They slowly went their way up the hill. which he forgot to take with him. that they played about under your dress like little mice; or your tongue. she withdrew from the room.'Trusting that the plans for the restoration.