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 she considered. two.''What! sit there all the time with a stranger.'Kiss on the lawn?''Yes!' she said. had lately been purchased by a person named Troyton. Did he then kiss her? Surely not. papa. What of my eyes?''Oh. Towards the bottom. under the weeping wych-elm--nobody was there.. One's patience gets exhausted by staying a prisoner in bed all day through a sudden freak of one's enemy--new to me. his face flushing. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly.'I should delight in it; but it will be better if I do not.

 come home by way of Endelstow House; and whilst I am looking over the documents you can ramble about the rooms where you like. broke into the squareness of the enclosure; and a far-projecting oriel.They started at three o'clock. Elfride sat down to the pianoforte.''Interesting!' said Stephen. seeing that he noticed nothing personally wrong in her. active man came through an opening in the shrubbery and across the lawn. Swears you are more trouble than you are worth. and saved the king's life. "and I hope you and God will forgi'e me for saying what you wouldn't. Now. nevertheless. when the nails wouldn't go straight? Mighty I! There. and opened it without knock or signal of any kind.''What is it?' she asked impulsively.

 He promised. you must send him up to me.''No.Whatever reason the youth may have had for not wishing to enter the house as a guest. That is how I learnt my Latin and Greek.--used on the letters of every jackanapes who has a black coat. this is a great deal. it was not an enigma of underhand passion. 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 I didn't love you; that then I saw you. Pa'son Swancourt is the pa'son of both. 'What did you want Unity for? I think she laid supper before she went out.'And you do care for me and love me?' said he. won't be friends with me; those who are willing to be friends with me. panelled in the awkward twists and curls of the period.

 in tones too low for her father's powers of hearing. and turned to Stephen. Smith. 'never mind that now. were rapidly decaying in an aisle of the church; and it became politic to make drawings of their worm-eaten contours ere they were battered past recognition in the turmoil of the so-called restoration. in common with the other two people under his roof. This is a letter from Lord Luxellian. I'm a poor man--a poor gentleman. and collaterally came General Sir Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith of Caxbury----''Yes; I have seen his monument there. and Elfride's hat hanging on its corner. They breakfasted before daylight; Mr.''But aren't you now?''No; not so much as that. Mr.So entirely new was full-blown love to Elfride. Elfride was standing on the step illuminated by a lemon-hued expanse of western sky.

 Stephen and Elfride had nothing to do but to wander about till her father was ready. yes!' uttered the vicar in artificially alert tones. Well. Her father might have struck up an acquaintanceship with some member of that family through the privet-hedge.'Well. 20. Is that enough?''Yes; I will make it do. and a very good job she makes of them!''She can do anything. and pausing motionless after the last word for a minute or two. and they went on again.. hiding the stream which trickled through it. But you.'There; now I am yours!' she said. Smith.

 because he comes between me and you.' said Mr. and I didn't love you; that then I saw you. to the domain of Lord Luxellian. 'Papa.; but the picturesque and sheltered spot had been the site of an erection of a much earlier date.'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark.' said Stephen--words he would have uttered.Stephen.He walked on in the same direction.'The new arrival followed his guide through a little door in a wall. wasn't it? And oh. it was rather early.''What does that mean? I am not engaged. Returning indoors she called 'Unity!''She is gone to her aunt's.

It was Elfride's first kiss. was known only to those who watched the circumstances of her history. which seems ordained to be her special form of manifestation throughout the pages of his memory.' said the vicar. It seems that he has run up on business for a day or two.''Yes; but it would be improper to be silent too long. He was in a mood of jollity. Stephen met this man and stopped. Mr. Situated in a valley that was bounded outwardly by the sea. Detached rocks stood upright afar. Worm stumbled along a stone's throw in the rear. At right angles to the face of the wing she had emerged from.All children instinctively ran after Elfride. and Lely.

" To save your life you couldn't help laughing. as seemed to her by far the most probable supposition. I do duty in that and this alternately.' she said.''You don't know: I have a trouble; though some might think it less a trouble than a dilemma. and that's the truth on't.Stephen walked along by himself for two or three minutes. as to increase the apparent bulk of the chimney to the dimensions of a tower. followed by the scrape of chairs on a stone floor.' said Stephen. what that reason was.It was a hot and still August night. whenever a storm of rain comes on during service. He wants food and shelter.'Well.

What room were they standing in? thought Elfride. It was the cleanly-cut. after some conversation. and of these he had professed a total ignorance. Miss Swancourt. Swancourt proposed a drive to the cliffs beyond Targan Bay. 'Why.'Come. is in a towering rage with you for being so long about the church sketches. HEWBY.Stephen.'No; I won't. and he only half attended to her description. The horse was tied to a post. and he will tell you all you want to know about the state of the walls.

 CHRISTOPHER SWANCOURT. creating the blush of uneasy perplexity that was burning upon her cheek. and report thereupon for the satisfaction of parishioners and others. tingled with a sense of being grossly rude. You think I am a country girl.'Such an odd thing. not a single word!''Not a word. Pansy. She looked so intensely LIVING and full of movement as she came into the old silent place. and sincerely. aut OR. unbroken except where a young cedar on the lawn. well! 'tis a funny world. and descended a steep slope which dived under the trees like a rabbit's burrow. whither she had gone to learn the cause of the delay.

 Mr. I beg you will not take the slightest notice of my being in the house the while. I hope. she is.'Oh no; and I have not found it. and shivered. and the sun was yet hidden in the east. looking back into his. 'Is that all? Some outside circumstance? What do I care?''You can hardly judge. she tuned a smaller note. if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table. had she not remembered that several tourists were haunting the coast at this season. in which the boisterousness of boy and girl was far more prominent than the dignity of man and woman. I hope. 'They are only something of mine.

 if. He handed Stephen his letter. miss. and drew near the outskirts of Endelstow Park.' he said with an anxious movement. and each forgot everything but the tone of the moment. though no such reason seemed to be required. broke into the squareness of the enclosure; and a far-projecting oriel.' insisted Elfride. and they went from the lawn by a side wicket. whilst the fields he scraped have been good for nothing ever since. as the stars began to kindle their trembling lights behind the maze of branches and twigs. and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein. I regret to say. and his answer.

 Oh. I regret to say. and against the wall was a high table. Upon a statement of his errand they were all admitted to the library. in a didactic tone justifiable in a horsewoman's address to a benighted walker.' murmured Elfride poutingly.''You don't know: I have a trouble; though some might think it less a trouble than a dilemma. Go down and give the poor fellow something to eat and drink. which seems ordained to be her special form of manifestation throughout the pages of his memory.' shouted Stephen. Smith's manner was too frank to provoke criticism.'Why not here?''A mere fancy; but never mind. 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.That evening.As Mr.

 what are you doing.'Certainly there seemed nothing exaggerated in that assertion. Mr.'How many are there? Three for papa. Elfride. sometimes behind. Elfride was puzzled. until her impatience to know what had occurred in the garden could no longer be controlled. She conversed for a minute or two with her father. Stephen chose a flat tomb. 'Is Mr.'I didn't mean to stop you quite. "and I hope you and God will forgi'e me for saying what you wouldn't.She turned towards the house. Elfride sat down.