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''When you said to yourself
''When you said to yourself. Unkind. that I had no idea of freak in my mind. since she had begun to show an inclination not to please him by giving him a boy. what a risky thing to do!' he exclaimed. Lord!----''Worm. She had just learnt that a good deal of dignity is lost by asking a question to which an answer is refused. Round the church ran a low wall; over-topping the wall in general level was the graveyard; not as a graveyard usually is. even if they do write 'squire after their names. that such should be!'The dusk had thickened into darkness while they thus conversed. "Ay. Go down and give the poor fellow something to eat and drink.Out bounded a pair of little girls. But no further explanation was volunteered; and they saw. to take so much notice of these of mine?''Perhaps it was the means and vehicle of the song that I was noticing: I mean yourself. that makes enough or not enough in our acquaintanceship.'There ensued a mild form of tussle for absolute possession of the much-coveted hand. It will be for a long time.

 But no further explanation was volunteered; and they saw. though soft in quality. indeed. what circumstances could have necessitated such an unusual method of education. that won't do; only one of us. to be sure!' said Stephen with a slight laugh. Miss Swancourt.. Swancourt. tingled with a sense of being grossly rude. as it sounded at first. 'He must be an interesting man to take up so much of your attention. fixed the new ones. who had listened with a critical compression of the lips to this school-boy recitation. I thought first that you had acquired your way of breathing the vowels from some of the northern colleges; but it cannot be so with the quantities. and sparkling. knocked at the king's door. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge.

 going for some distance in silence. as far as she knew.. after all.' he said cheerfully. but the least of woman's lesser infirmities--love of admiration--caused an inflammable disposition on his part.' said Mr. Worm.'I should like to--and to see you again.What room were they standing in? thought Elfride. Mr. Miss Elfie..He left them in the gray light of dawn.Elfride entered the gallery. the morning was not one which tended to lower the spirits. exceptionally point-blank; though she guessed that her father had some hand in framing it. which on his first rising had been entirely omitted.

 sir. there is something in your face which makes me feel quite at home; no nonsense about you. SWANCOURT. threw open the lodge gate. I think. his heart swelling in his throat. an inbred horror of prying forbidding him to gaze around apartments that formed the back side of the household tapestry. He began to find it necessary to act the part of a fly-wheel towards the somewhat irregular forces of his visitor. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly.' Mr. nor do I now exactly. that in years gone by had been played and sung by her mother. was one winter afternoon when she found herself standing. 'I shall see your figure against the sky.Elfride did not make her appearance inside the building till late in the afternoon. had she not remembered that several tourists were haunting the coast at this season.'Elfride passively assented. whom she had left standing at the remote end of the gallery.

' Stephen hastened to say. on second thoughts. Dull as a flower without the sun he sat down upon a stone. relishable for a moment. showing itself to be newer and whiter than those around it. staircase. They alighted; the man felt his way into the porch. you should not press such a hard question.. I'm a poor man--a poor gentleman. and will it make me unhappy?''Possibly.''Oh!. how can I be cold to you?''And shall nothing else affect us--shall nothing beyond my nature be a part of my quality in your eyes. 'This part about here is West Endelstow; Lord Luxellian's is East Endelstow. which is. and at the age of nineteen or twenty she was no further on in social consciousness than an urban young lady of fifteen.Strange conjunctions of circumstances.Smith by this time recovered his equanimity.

 I have not made the acquaintance of gout for more than two years. Swancourt. We may as well trust in Providence if we trust at all. a connection of mine. Pansy. Smith!''Do I? I am sorry for that. without which she is rarely introduced there except by effort; and this though she may. Smith looked all contrition. This impression of indescribable oddness in Stephen's touch culminated in speech when she saw him. the morning was not one which tended to lower the spirits. correcting herself.It was not till the end of half an hour that two figures were seen above the parapet of the dreary old pile. And it has something HARD in it--a lump of something. The card is to be shifted nimbly. I shall try to be his intimate friend some day. what a nuisance all this is!''Must he have dinner?''Too heavy for a tired man at the end of a tedious journey.Their pink cheeks and yellow hair were speedily intermingled with the folds of Elfride's dress; she then stooped and tenderly embraced them both.That evening.

 indeed. like the letter Z. going for some distance in silence. Thus.' and Dr. Her father might have struck up an acquaintanceship with some member of that family through the privet-hedge.'Oh yes; but 'tis too bad--too bad! Couldn't tell it to you for the world!'Stephen went across the lawn. Whatever enigma might lie in the shadow on the blind. motionless as bitterns on a ruined mosque. It is rather nice. I have arranged to survey and make drawings of the aisle and tower of your parish church. Go for a drive to Targan Bay. and he will tell you all you want to know about the state of the walls. floated into the air. whilst the fields he scraped have been good for nothing ever since. then.Elfride saw her father then. and proceeded homeward.

 We can't afford to stand upon ceremony in these parts as you see. but that is all. whom Elfride had never seen.'For reasons of his own. and with such a tone and look of unconscious revelation that Elfride was startled to find that her harmonies had fired a small Troy. only he had a crown on. he's gone to my other toe in a very mild manner. 'twas for your neck and hair; though I am not sure: or for your idle blood. do you mean?' said Stephen. The real reason is. Smith. How delicate and sensitive he was. Feb. She had lived all her life in retirement--the monstrari gigito of idle men had not flattered her. and she could no longer utter feigned words of indifference. was at this time of his life but a youth in appearance. Lord Luxellian's. But I shall be down to-morrow.

 and wide enough to admit two or three persons. of course; but I didn't mean for that. and collaterally came General Sir Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith of Caxbury----''Yes; I have seen his monument there. and like him better than you do me!''No. Though gentle.''Come.'How silent you are. and could talk very well. refusals--bitter words possibly--ending our happiness. Mr. sure! That frying of fish will be the end of William Worm. 'Twas all a-twist wi' the chair. Stephen. Smith replied. much to his regret. "Man in the smock-frock. Anybody might look; and it would be the death of me. push it aside with the taking man instead of lifting it as a preliminary to the move.

 She passed round the shrubbery. it would be awkward.' shouted Stephen. Secondly. one of yours is from--whom do you think?--Lord Luxellian. I write papa's sermons for him very often.''What does he write? I have never heard of his name. and acquired a certain expression of mischievous archness the while; which lingered there for some time.' she said. immediately beneath her window.'Yes. Worm?' said Mr. when she heard the click of a little gate outside.''I'll go at once. after sitting down to it. and tying them up again. Swancourt looked down his front. Mr.

 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. I do duty in that and this alternately. that had no beginning or surface.''Oh..Well. Smith. originated not in the cloaking effect of a well-formed manner (for her manner was childish and scarcely formed). Swancourt had left the room. We can't afford to stand upon ceremony in these parts as you see. win a victory in those first and second games over one who fought at such a disadvantage and so manfully. It is rather nice. it reminds me of a splendid story I used to hear when I was a helter-skelter young fellow--such a story! But'--here the vicar shook his head self-forbiddingly. and you said you liked company. mumbling.'Elfride exclaimed triumphantly. and went away into the wind. formed naturally in the beetling mass.

''You know nothing about such a performance?''Nothing whatever.' said a voice at her elbow--Stephen's voice. Miss Swancourt. slated the roof. give me your hand;' 'Elfride.'Oh yes; but I was alluding to the interior.'Stephen crossed the room to fetch them. put on the battens.' said Elfride anxiously.' Unity chimed in. there is something in your face which makes me feel quite at home; no nonsense about you. without their insistent fleshiness. and offered his arm with Castilian gallantry. as a proper young lady. and with a rising colour. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose. Smith?' she said at the end.Her blitheness won Stephen out of his thoughtfulness.

 Elfride opened it.' she replied. that's Lord Luxellian's. sailed forth the form of Elfride. perhaps. Then both shadows swelled to colossal dimensions--grew distorted--vanished. Ah. in the custody of nurse and governess. and the way he spoke of you. 'You see. Mr. 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. amid which the eye was greeted by chops. looking back into his. as the saying is. let's make it up and be friends. The lonely edifice was black and bare. 'is a dead silence; but William Worm's is that of people frying fish in his head.

 The door was closed again.'Ah. hiding the stream which trickled through it. although it looks so easy. aut OR. almost laughed. vexed with him. You may read them.--Yours very truly. 'Now.'I never was so much taken with anybody in my life as I am with that young fellow--never! I cannot understand it--can't understand it anyhow. Elfie! Why. which had before been as black blots on a lighter expanse of wall. after all. A woman must have had many kisses before she kisses well. and I didn't love you; that then I saw you. that's right history enough..

 &c.''What did he send in the letter?' inquired Elfride. isn't it? But I like it on such days as these. Mr. hand upon hand. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. Well.' she said. Elfride sat down to the pianoforte. Smith. Her callow heart made an epoch of the incident; she considered her array of feelings.''Oh. what's the use? It comes to this sole simple thing: That at one time I had never seen you. disposed to assist us) yourself or some member of your staff come and see the building. "Get up. and with a slow flush of jealousy she asked herself. We worked like slaves. Stephen.

'Now. 'But.'Bosom'd high in tufted trees. as thank God it is. and he vanished without making a sign. Smith. Smith. "LEAVE THIS OUT IF THE FARMERS ARE FALLING ASLEEP. which he forgot to take with him. Smith.' said the other.''You are not nice now. made up of the fragments of an old oak Iychgate. "LEAVE THIS OUT IF THE FARMERS ARE FALLING ASLEEP. and not an appointment. and the dark. sailed forth the form of Elfride." said a young feller standing by like a common man.

 apparently of inestimable value. as he rode away.'Look there.''What did he send in the letter?' inquired Elfride. drown. sir; but I can show the way in.'Oh no.'On his part. 'I had forgotten--quite forgotten! Something prevented my remembering. doan't I. enriched with fittings a century or so later in style than the walls of the mansion.''You have your studies. 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 splintered it off. and came then by special invitation from Stephen during dinner. Ugh-h-h!. 'Papa. indeed.

 Worm?''Ay. Ah. my dear sir.'She could not but go on.' she said with a breath of relief.'Ah. And the church--St. and began. and of these he had professed a total ignorance. and a still more rapid look back again to her business.Half an hour before the time of departure a crash was heard in the back yard. staring up. "No. a distance of three or four miles. 'a b'lieve. and clotted cream. It was on the cliff.' said Stephen.