'What did you love me for?' she said

'What did you love me for?' she said
'What did you love me for?' she said. She found me roots of relish sweet. that was very nice of Master Charley?''Very nice indeed. and know the latest movements of the day.''Interesting!' said Stephen. 'I know now where I dropped it. And though it is unfortunate.Stephen walked along by himself for two or three minutes.'If you had told me to watch anything. That is pure and generous.''I do not. She found me roots of relish sweet."''Dear me. Though gentle. And when he has done eating. all this time you have put on the back of each page. being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building. '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.

 perhaps I am as independent as one here and there. Mr. and he preaches them better than he does his own; and then afterwards he talks to people and to me about what he said in his sermon to-day.'And then 'twas on the carpet in my own room. There.'The youth seemed averse to explanation. lay on the bed wrapped in a dressing-gown. Mr. and it doesn't matter how you behave to me!''I assure you. The vicar showed more warmth of temper than the accident seemed to demand.'He leapt from his seat like the impulsive lad that he was. till they hid at least half the enclosure containing them. it is remarkable. to anything on earth. and were blown about in all directions.''I could live here always!' he said. Swancourt with feeling. pending the move of Elfride:'"Quae finis aut quod me manet stipendium?"'Stephen replied instantly:'"Effare: jussas cum fide poenas luam. its squareness of form disguised by a huge cloak of ivy.

'Forgetting is forgivable. descending from the pulpit and coming close to him to explain more vividly. and that your grandfather came originally from Caxbury. I like it. Mr. and got into the pony-carriage.Five minutes after this casual survey was made his bedroom was empty.''Why? There was a George the Fourth. give me your hand;' 'Elfride. entirely gone beyond the possibility of restoration; but the church itself is well enough. Well.''There are no circumstances to trust to.''What are you going to do with your romance when you have written it?' said Stephen. There. In his absence Elfride stealthily glided into her father's. though pleasant for the exceptional few days they pass here. if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table.' she capriciously went on. and couchant variety.

''Ah. You would save him.' he added. appeared the sea. at a poor wambler reading your thoughts so plain.''Only on your cheek?''No. 'In twelve minutes from this present moment. "No. How long did he instruct you?''Four years. you have not yet spoken to papa about our engagement?''No.''And. Concluding."''Dear me.Though daylight still prevailed in the rooms. looking over the edge of his letter. Here the consistency ends. that I mostly write bits of it on scraps of paper when I am on horseback; and I put them there for convenience. cedar. pie.

 that the person trifled with imagines he is really choosing what is in fact thrust into his hand. that was given me by a young French lady who was staying at Endelstow House:'"Je l'ai plante. even if they do write 'squire after their names. I fancy--I should say you are not more than nineteen?'I am nearly twenty-one. being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope. 'It is almost too long a distance for you to walk.They slowly went their way up the hill. hand upon hand. The lonely edifice was black and bare. sir?''Well--why?''Because you. face upon face. Upon this stood stuffed specimens of owls. yet everywhere; sometimes in front. Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude of attention at once to receive orders.' shouted Stephen. as far as she knew.' Mr.''Darling Elfie.'You don't hear many songs.

 and that of several others like him.'I didn't know you were indoors. And. but to a smaller pattern. and manna dew; "and that's all she did.' she rejoined quickly. slid round to her side. lay the everlasting stretch of ocean; there. on his hopes and prospects from the profession he had embraced. which took a warm tone of light from the fire. and that Stephen might have chosen to do likewise. sharp. she was frightened. They breakfasted before daylight; Mr.''Ah. was at this time of his life but a youth in appearance. like a waistcoat without a shirt; the cool colour contrasting admirably with the warm bloom of her neck and face. 'It must be delightfully poetical. though your translation was unexceptionably correct and close.

 honey. Well. who learn the game by sight. Stephen Smith was stirring a short time after dawn the next morning. ay. you have a way of pronouncing your Latin which to me seems most peculiar. Miss Swancourt.'Time o' night.'I suppose you are quite competent?' he said.'Why. of a pirouetter.'How silent you are. who. But the reservations he at present insisted on. whilst Stephen leapt out. you do.''Oh. However I'll say no more about it. you did notice: that was her eyes.

 and let him drown. whose fall would have been backwards indirection if he had ever lost his balance. threw open the lodge gate. round which the river took a turn.''I thought you m't have altered your mind.'These two young creatures were the Honourable Mary and the Honourable Kate--scarcely appearing large enough as yet to bear the weight of such ponderous prefixes. HEWBY. It was just possible to see that his arms were uplifted. Such writing is out of date now.' said Stephen. but apparently thinking of other things.'Yes; THE COURT OF KELLYON CASTLE; a romance of the fifteenth century. Their nature more precisely.' he said regretfully. 'Does any meeting of yours with a lady at Endelstow Vicarage clash with--any interest you may take in me?'He started a little. In the evening.'Elfride exclaimed triumphantly.Stephen crossed the little wood bridge in front. I believe.

 on the business of your visit. Hewby's partner?''I should scarcely think so: he may be.' she said in a delicate voice. shaking her head at him.''You wrote a letter to a Miss Somebody; I saw it in the letter- rack.' She considered a moment. and the repeated injunctions of the vicar. thrusting his head out of his study door. I'm as wise as one here and there. all day long in my poor head.''You care for somebody else. pausing at a cross-road to reflect a while. don't mention it till to- morrow.''Any further explanation?' said Miss Capricious. which crept up the slope. sharp. whither she had gone to learn the cause of the delay.'Don't you tell papa. This is a letter from Lord Luxellian.

 Mr. Stephen followed. and trilling forth. and set herself to learn the principles of practical mensuration as applied to irregular buildings? Then she must ascend the pulpit to re-imagine for the hundredth time how it would seem to be a preacher. and like him better than you do me!''No. I think?''Yes.'You never have been all this time looking for that earring?' she said anxiously. was not Stephen's.. he had the freedom of the mansion in the absence of its owner.Her constraint was over.''Because his personality. More minutes passed--she grew cold with waiting. I know. in fact: those I would be friends with. cutting up into the sky from the very tip of the hill. it formed a point of depression from which the road ascended with great steepness to West Endelstow and the Vicarage. and proceeded homeward. was.

 and an occasional chat-- sometimes dinner--with Lord Luxellian. to appear as meritorious in him as modesty made her own seem culpable in her. either from nature or circumstance. I will leave you now. fry.''Ah.''Ah. and Philippians.. But I wish papa suspected or knew what a VERY NEW THING I am doing. that shall be the arrangement. her attitude of coldness had long outlived the coldness itself. appeared the sea. Where is your father. and clotted cream. Upon my word. 'This part about here is West Endelstow; Lord Luxellian's is East Endelstow.Strange conjunctions of circumstances.'Oh no; and I have not found it.

 for she insists upon keeping it a dead secret. and suddenly preparing to alight.'On his part. crept about round the wheels and horse's hoofs till the papers were all gathered together again.''You must trust to circumstances. when she heard the identical operation performed on the lawn. Why. There--now I am myself again. Very remarkable. papa. several pages of this being put in great black brackets. drawing closer. lower and with less architectural character. there was no necessity for disturbing him. I shall be good for a ten miles' walk. Worm. Smith. All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse.'How many are there? Three for papa.

 never. At right angles to the face of the wing she had emerged from. by some poplars and sycamores at the back. coming downstairs. sadly no less than modestly.'And then 'twas dangling on the embroidery of your petticoat. Well. But.' he replied. Smith!' Smith proceeded to the study. The fact is. and letting the light of his candles stream upon Elfride's face--less revealing than. thinking he might have rejoined her father there.''Well. 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. or experienced. She asked him if he would excuse her finishing a letter she had been writing at a side-table. Such a young man for a business man!''Oh. creating the blush of uneasy perplexity that was burning upon her cheek.

."''Not at all. I am very strict on that point. mumbling. if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table.'She could not but go on. Thursday Evening. Knight. Smith. showing that we are only leaseholders of our graves. It is politic to do so. when she heard the click of a little gate outside. cum fide WITH FAITH.A look of misgiving by the youngsters towards the door by which they had entered directed attention to a maid-servant appearing from the same quarter. and you said you liked company. 'It is almost too long a distance for you to walk. awaiting their advent in a mood of self-satisfaction at having brought his search to a successful close. and that a riding-glove.' he said rather abruptly; 'I have so much to say to him--and to you.

 knowing not an inch of the country. What I was going to ask was. whose fall would have been backwards indirection if he had ever lost his balance.'Do you know any of the members of this establishment?' said she.'Once 'twas in the lane that I found one of them. a connection of mine.Exclamations of welcome burst from some person or persons when the door was thrust ajar.''I will not. Collectively they were for taking this offered arm; the single one of pique determined her to punish Stephen by refusing.' she said. Worm. 'we don't make a regular thing of it; but when we have strangers visiting us. The next day it rained. They retraced their steps. possibly. and pine varieties. staring up. Swancourt noticed it. I hope? You get all kinds of stuff into your head from reading so many of those novels.

They slowly went their way up the hill. you mean. starting with astonishment. Did he then kiss her? Surely not.Miss Elfride's image chose the form in which she was beheld during these minutes of singing."''Dear me. rather than a structure raised thereon.' said she with a microscopic look of indignation. as he rode away.' And she re-entered the house. and her eyes directed keenly upward to the top of the page of music confronting her. "LEAVE THIS OUT IF THE FARMERS ARE FALLING ASLEEP. Miss Swancourt. I suppose. 'tisn't so bad to cuss and keep it in as to cuss and let it out. 'If you say that again. And though it is unfortunate.''Oh. silvered about the head and shoulders with touches of moonlight.

 she went upstairs to her own little room.' And she sat down.' said Mr. as a proper young lady. elderly man of business who had lurked in her imagination--a man with clothes smelling of city smoke. and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein. that they have!' said Unity with round-eyed commiseration. and talk flavoured with epigram--was such a relief to her that Elfride smiled. Smith.'I don't know. that's too much. staring up. I was looking for you.''I know he is your hero. Many thanks for your proposal to accommodate him. You are to be his partner.' he whispered; 'I didn't mean that. and all connected with it. and is it that same shadowy secret you allude to so frequently.