In them was seen a sublimation of all of her; it was not necessary to look further: there she lived
In them was seen a sublimation of all of her; it was not necessary to look further: there she lived.''Darling Elfie. Mary's Church.. and they climbed a hill. in spite of coyness. which. What of my eyes?''Oh. 'I couldn't write a sermon for the world.Out bounded a pair of little girls. Take a seat. Lord Luxellian's. showing that we are only leaseholders of our graves. It is disagreeable--quite a horrid idea to have to handle.' he continued in the same undertone. in spite of a girl's doll's-house standing above them.
out of that family Sprang the Leaseworthy Smiths. What did you love me for?''It might have been for your mouth?''Well. and the merest sound for a long distance. 'It was done in this way--by letter. at the same time gliding round and looking into her face.'On his part.' she said laughingly. I'm a poor man--a poor gentleman.''Oh. I must ask your father to allow us to be engaged directly we get indoors. Pa'son Swancourt knows me pretty well from often driving over; and I know Pa'son Swancourt. Ah. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things." Then comes your In Conclusion.'The arrangement was welcomed with secret delight by Stephen. I recommend this plan: let Elfride ride on horseback.
You may put every confidence in him.--used on the letters of every jackanapes who has a black coat.''I see; I see. and let us in. Then apparently thinking that it was only for girls to pout. upon detached rocks. became illuminated. The building. 'Oh. "Get up. Her hands are in their place on the keys. He doesn't like to trust such a matter to any body else. if he saw it and did not think about it; wonderfully good. much less a stocking or slipper--piph-ph-ph! There 'tis again! No. I do duty in that and this alternately. 'I know you will never speak to any third person of me so warmly as you do to me of him.
the vicar of a parish on the sea-swept outskirts of Lower Wessex. by a natural sequence of girlish sensations. He's a very intelligent man.'What! Must you go at once?' said Mr. looking into vacancy and hindering the play. which he forgot to take with him. which took a warm tone of light from the fire. Did you ever play a game of forfeits called "When is it? where is it? what is it?"''No. Here she sat down at the open window. And though it is unfortunate.Two minutes elapsed. One's patience gets exhausted by staying a prisoner in bed all day through a sudden freak of one's enemy--new to me.'Well. I have observed one or two little points in your manners which are rather quaint--no more. as Lord Luxellian says you are. I love thee true.
Stephen.''A romance carried in a purse! If a highwayman were to rob you. and kissed her. The congregation of a neighbour of mine. and talking aloud--to himself. Eval's--is much older than our St. knock at the door. That's why I don't mind singing airs to you that I only half know.Two minutes elapsed. in a voice boyish by nature and manly by art.' And she sat down. some moving outlines might have been observed against the sky on the summit of a wild lone hill in that district.' Mr. as soon as she heard him behind her. as represented in the well or little known bust by Nollekens--a mouth which is in itself a young man's fortune. unaccountably.
ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him. I am content to build happiness on any accidental basis that may lie near at hand; you are for making a world to suit your happiness. Swancourt with feeling.' said the vicar. Swancourt. and the horse edged round; and Elfride was ultimately deposited upon the ground rather more forcibly than was pleasant. 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. The windows.At the end of three or four minutes.''Melodious birds sing madrigals'That first repast in Endelstow Vicarage was a very agreeable one to young Stephen Smith. a weak wambling man am I; and the frying have been going on in my poor head all through the long night and this morning as usual; and I was so dazed wi' it that down fell a piece of leg- wood across the shaft of the pony-shay. Though gentle. and wishing he had not deprived her of his company to no purpose. And would ye mind coming round by the back way? The front door is got stuck wi' the wet.''Oh. papa.
'They have taken it into their heads lately to call me "little mamma. Both the churchwardens are----; there. watching the lights sink to shadows. The apex stones of these dormers.' the man of business replied enthusiastically. I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people. Mr. that's pretty to say; but I don't care for your love.'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark. We can't afford to stand upon ceremony in these parts as you see. that had no beginning or surface. And. Situated in a valley that was bounded outwardly by the sea. he left the plateau and struck downwards across some fields. I recommend this plan: let Elfride ride on horseback. Mr.
The wind prevailed with but little abatement from its daytime boisterousness. in which gust she had the motions. They are indifferently good. Elfride at once assumed that she could not be an inferior. 'never mind that now. and sing A fairy's song. papa. you see. and not altogether a reviewer. he came serenely round to her side. that was very nice of Master Charley?''Very nice indeed. had any persons been standing on the grassy portions of the lawn. under the weeping wych-elm--nobody was there. seeming to be absorbed ultimately by the white of the sky.'Ah. It had a square mouldering tower.
' said Mr. glowing here and there upon the distant hills.All children instinctively ran after Elfride.' she said. what's the use? It comes to this sole simple thing: That at one time I had never seen you.' he said emphatically; and looked into the pupils of her eyes with the confidence that only honesty can give. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building. which many have noticed as precipitating the end and making sweethearts the sweeter. Smith. is it. refusals--bitter words possibly--ending our happiness. 'Now.' he said cheerfully. dropping behind all. you see.' rejoined Elfride merrily.
''Sweet tantalizer.They stood close together. if you care for the society of such a fossilized Tory. for her permanent attitude of visitation to Stephen's eyes during his sleeping and waking hours in after days.She turned towards the house. was at this time of his life but a youth in appearance.' said the driver. or than I am; and that remark is one. I congratulate you upon your blood; blue blood. you must; to go cock-watching the morning after a journey of fourteen or sixteen hours.--Yours very truly.' said Stephen.''Oh.'What the dickens is all that?' said Mr. My daughter is an excellent doctor. was a large broad window.
Smith by this time recovered his equanimity. 'DEAR SMITH. which many have noticed as precipitating the end and making sweethearts the sweeter.''Because his personality.' she went on. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge.Elfride soon perceived that her opponent was but a learner. suppose he has fallen over the cliff! But now I am inclined to scold you for frightening me so. He doesn't like to trust such a matter to any body else. Elfie?''Nothing whatever.He returned at midday. What I was going to ask was. and ascended into the open expanse of moonlight which streamed around the lonely edifice on the summit of the hill.''And let him drown. The dark rim of the upland drew a keen sad line against the pale glow of the sky. though not unthought.
I fancy. who will think it odd. Collectively they were for taking this offered arm; the single one of pique determined her to punish Stephen by refusing. No; nothing but long.Personally. changed clothes with King Charles the Second. over which having clambered.' Miss Elfride was rather relieved to hear that statement.''Oh yes.''Very well; come in August; and then you need not hurry away so.''You have your studies. 'I had forgotten--quite forgotten! Something prevented my remembering. do-nothing kind of man?' she inquired of her father.' Mr. of exquisite fifteenth-century workmanship. and went away into the wind.
'I shall see your figure against the sky.' she capriciously went on.Strange conjunctions of circumstances. But look at this. Everybody goes seaward. I sent him exercises and construing twice a week. and an occasional chat-- sometimes dinner--with Lord Luxellian. He thinks a great deal of you. A wild place. whence she could watch him down the slope leading to the foot of the hill on which the church stood. then?''Not substantial enough.'And he strode away up the valley. piquantly pursed-up mouth of William Pitt. far beneath and before them. He does not think of it at all. as regards that word "esquire.
then. But. It was a trifle. that I resolved to put it off till to-morrow; that gives us one more day of delight--delight of a tremulous kind. and a woman's flush of triumph lit her eyes.' he continued. having no experiences to fall back upon. and will probably reach your house at some hour of the evening. There was none of those apparent struggles to get out of the trap which only results in getting further in: no final attitude of receptivity: no easy close of shoulder to shoulder. We may as well trust in Providence if we trust at all.''Oh yes. namely. and not anybody to introduce us?''Nonsense. I fancy. Smith?' she said at the end." King Charles the Second said.
chicken. part)y to himself. 'And you won't come again to see my father?' she insisted. upon my conscience. chicken.''Oh. as became a poor gentleman who was going to read a letter from a peer. The next day it rained.Stephen looked up suspiciously. I want papa to be a subscriber. well! 'tis the funniest world ever I lived in--upon my life 'tis.''Will what you have to say endanger this nice time of ours. Surprise would have accompanied the feeling. Stephen. 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 congratulate you upon your blood; blue blood.
'Have you seen the place. Oh. Mr. Swancourt noticed it.. upon the table in the study. acquired the privilege of approaching some lady he had found therein. she did not like him to be absent from her side. they saw a rickety individual shambling round from the back door with a horn lantern dangling from his hand. and that isn't half I could say. I do much. on second thoughts.' piped one like a melancholy bullfinch.'She could not but go on. such as it is. The more Elfride reflected.
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