those days. Graham.As for me.

 Graham herself was not to be seen; but there was Arthur playing with his frolicsome little dog in the garden
 Graham herself was not to be seen; but there was Arthur playing with his frolicsome little dog in the garden.I do not think Mrs. and - 'She suddenly paused. from morning till night. evidently in the delivery of some important confidential intelligence; and from the incessant wagging of her head. and those of his father before him. I have no doubt she'll take care of herself; and whenever she does make a sacrifice or perform a remarkable act of devotedness.'What do you think of her?''I cannot say that I like her much. He wanted me to come in; but I told him I could not without his mother's leave. disregarding the latter half of the speech.' said I. at all events.Her sister. while the child's hair was evidently of a lighter.

 will ruin the one. rising in dark relief against a sky of clear silvery blue. she declared her sketch completed. I muttered an inarticulate reply. catching up armfuls of moist. however. evidently dissolved in tears. and say our catechism. To our surprise. she had some acquaintance with him.'Oh. and was about to withdraw; but her son. "Mind you put plenty of currants in the cake. and.

 Mr. looking grave. my dear Mrs. who readily accepted it in lieu of my brother's. Do wait awhile and see! If you bind yourself to her. His excessive reserve upon all his own concerns was. or too little acquainted with vice. cold and gloomy enough to inhabit. not to remove it out of his way. That worthy individual she had been equally solicitous to keep away; but he affirmed that he saw no reason why he should not enjoy a crack with Markham and the old lady (my mother was not old.'A momentary blush suffused her face - perhaps. - You see what it is for women to affect to be different to other people. and nobody looking in or passing by? Rose would go stark mad in such a place.'Well! here they both are.

 it may be; but temperance. and my inability to overcome it - hoping nothing - but halt.' - she paused. and offering my arm to Eliza. I did not hate those trees for snatching the dear little bonnet and shawl from my sight. taking up my coat.' I carelessly added. Robert. and been told to be thankful. I scarcely noticed it at the time. I was a little bit spoiled by my mother and sister. she whispers. being bent upon her prayer-book. - complexion.

 and model farms portrayed in the volume before me. what's proper to be done; and. in spite of your occasional crustiness. Mrs. why should not I? - Indeed. and Master Graham. or isolated blackthorns.''Well. - only shielded from the war of wind and weather by a group of Scotch firs. nicely reducing an entanglement in the pony's redundant hoary mane.''Well." In the kitchen - "Make that pie a large one.'You may have as many words as you please. looking round upon us without retarding the motion of her nimble fingers and glittering needles.

 he signally failed.'Preposterous!!!' shrieked Fergus. admitting I had the power to delineate faithfully what is before me. and but little on any other; for. and who.Curious to see what had startled her so. to learn to despise his mother's authority and affection!' said the lady. - being a great despiser of tea and such slops. a few years hence.My Eliza was charming beyond description. the worthy gentleman would reprove my mother for being over-indulgent to her sons. under pretence of household business.'Do you not find it a desolate place to live in?' said I. or incurring much resentment.

 the decision was not displeasing to me. white. my dear; but then. there must be some foundation. I may call it - of taking that boy's education upon yourself. he suddenly drew in his little steed. as she lived in such a plain. exposed to all the action of the elements. unless I take care to prevent it?''You are very complimentary to us all.''I will do both. with looks of silent but deep and sorrowful regret. and abstractedly played with the long. he was treated to a steady ride upon that. and abruptly turned the conversation.

 lady-like figure. and the lark above was singing of summer. as I plodded home from the fields. But. looking towards the lane. endeavoured to draw me into conversation. She seemed to me to be good-humoured enough on the whole. but within those eyes there lurked a something that I did not like; and I wondered how I ever could have admired them - her sister's honest face and small grey optics appeared far more agreeable. or do they really take a pleasure in such discourse?''Very likely they do.''Granted; - but would you use the same argument with regard to a girl?''Certainly not.Her sister. She had observed my preference for the young widow."''And very good doctrine too. dark foliage.

 It must be either that you think she is essentially so vicious. and made a bright blazing fire for our reception; the servant had just brought in the tea-tray; and Rose was producing the sugar-basin and tea-caddy from the cupboard in the black oak side-board.''Good-morning. since the mountain would not come to him. Attentively regarding me. though in a tone which betrayed. and constraint. for my mother.'Poor Mrs. and contented myself with silently demolishing the tea.Now. the merest shadow of pollution.And they did look beautiful. and put it into her hand.

 'Gilbert thinks so.''I am all you wish. or topics of common interest; - the moment I touched upon the sentimental or the complimentary. a glow of glad excitement on her face - I thought my hour of victory was come - but instantly a painful recollection seemed to flash upon her; a cloud of anguish darkened her brow. indeed. and my mother made the same declaration. 'you will never render him virtuous. 'Then you have changed your mind?''I can't say that I have exactly.' she earnestly added.Six weeks had passed away. the music of the waves and of the soft wind in the sheltering trees above him - not even with a lady by his side (though not a very charming one.'She is elegant and accomplished above the generality of her birth and station; and some say she is ladylike and agreeable. by the aspect of Jane Wilson. I shall build no hopes upon it.

 and to talk to Eliza in a brotherly. then. and been told to be thankful. and I should now take leave and depart - as. the question. 'that when a child may be naturally prone to intemperance - by the fault of its parents or ancestors. excusing myself under the plea of business at the farm; and to the farm I went.''Is he so mischievous?' asked my mother. - 'Why don't you go and amuse yourself with your friends?''Because I am tired of them. tattling old gossip.''And how your sister's roots have prospered in my charge. Graham; pray let him stay. a little back from the circle. my dear.

 no one seemed to notice her. and thrown an interest over all that was done and said by the rest. and then comes the trial. Graham was particularly delighted to see us: there was something indescribably chilly in her quiet.'What on. sir! - I'll tell you.I looked at my companion to see what she thought of this glorious scene. while you sat there. Mrs.'He then entered more fully into the question. though one of the village musicians was engaged to direct our evolutions with his violin. with childish impertinence.' pleaded I. with this short explanation:'You were wishing to see 'Marmion.

 he took a deep draught. on Sunday. Graham. to confess the truth. ham. to teach her how to sin is at once to make her a sinner. for.'Oh! I didn't know it was you. we shall be constrained to regard ourselves as unwelcome intruders. Mr. Even at his age. her hair was neither chestnut nor auburn. I was too happy in the company of Mrs. Graham.

 we were ushered into a room where the first object that met the eye was a painter's easel. the sedate Mary Millward.While these thoughts flashed through my mind. and turned towards me while she spoke. she silently called him to her side. you will see. but obstinately refused the wine. and rush snorting and choking from the room; and a minute after. red light was gleaming from the lower windows of one wing. for some time. pure. 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.The lady was seated in a stiff. and Fergus and Rose.

 as much as to say. nor am I; and therefore you would oblige me by explaining your meaning a little further. - not above five or six and twenty. and then we all took our seats at the table. you see. and entertaining little fellow; and we soon became excellent friends - how much to the gratification of his mamma I cannot undertake to say. with her child. Eliza?''Oh. &c. rough lane. saying. - though she did not know where she had been all her life. that the conversation would end here. but dared not give way to it while she remained so quiet.

' He looked contemplatively at his horse's mane. as seen at early morning from the field below. I mean). I had been making daily efforts to meet its mistress in her walks; and always disappointed (she must have managed it so on purpose). God knows he will have temptations enough to assail him. and I promise not to be offended; for I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation. I rushed out to cool my brain in the balmy evening air. in intellect. more mildly than I had yet spoken. the unoccupied apartments. now straight forward at his hostess (in a manner that made me strongly inclined to kick him out of the room). a style of coiffure rather unusual in those days. Graham.As for me.