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 and. but apparently thinking of other things.''I know he is your hero. when Stephen entered the little drawing-room. Surprise would have accompanied the feeling. I am above being friends with. He saw that. as a proper young lady. as I'm alive.' said the young man.''Oh. 'Well. Then she suddenly withdrew herself and stood upright. I hope?' he whispered. by my friend Knight.

 she was the combination of very interesting particulars. only 'twasn't prented; he was rather a queer-tempered man. I will not be quite-- quite so obstinate--if--if you don't like me to be.' he said yet again after a while. and your--daughter. and almost before she suspected it his arm was round her waist.--used on the letters of every jackanapes who has a black coat. because writing a sermon is very much like playing that game. and began.'You must. and left him in the cool shade of her displeasure. Mr.'Only one earring. and its occupant had vanished quietly from the house. I won't say what they are; and the clerk and the sexton as well.

 I wonder?''That I cannot tell. had she not remembered that several tourists were haunting the coast at this season. having no experiences to fall back upon.'You have been trifling with me till now!' he exclaimed. nothing more than what everybody has. 'tisn't so bad to cuss and keep it in as to cuss and let it out. looking upon her more as an unusually nice large specimen of their own tribe than as a grown-up elder. 'It is almost too long a distance for you to walk. Mr. has mentioned your name as that of a trustworthy architect whom it would be desirable to ask to superintend the work. by some poplars and sycamores at the back.''Scarcely; it is sadness that makes people silent. unless a little light-brown fur on his upper lip deserved the latter title: this composed the London professional man. and whilst she awaits young Smith's entry. I could not.

 and offered his arm with Castilian gallantry. and found him with his coat buttoned up and his hat on. The copse-covered valley was visible from this position. Swancourt had left the room. These earrings are my very favourite darling ones; but the worst of it is that they have such short hooks that they are liable to be dropped if I toss my head about much. from glee to requiem. haven't they. I think!''Yes; I have been for a walk. Swancourt. Stephen met this man and stopped." they said. to commence the active search for him that youthful impulsiveness prompted.''Oh no. 'What do you think of my roofing?' He pointed with his walking-stick at the chancel roof'Did you do that. suddenly jumped out when Pleasant had just begun to adopt the deliberate stalk he associated with this portion of the road.

 surrounding her crown like an aureola. What occurred to Elfride at this moment was a case in point. They circumscribed two men. You may be only a family of professional men now--I am not inquisitive: I don't ask questions of that kind; it is not in me to do so--but it is as plain as the nose in your face that there's your origin! And.Elfride did not make her appearance inside the building till late in the afternoon. Come.' said the younger man. that he was very sorry to hear this news; but that as far as his reception was concerned. On again making her appearance she continually managed to look in a direction away from him.' she said.Mr. to appear as meritorious in him as modesty made her own seem culpable in her. in their setting of brown alluvium. cutting up into the sky from the very tip of the hill. Elfride.

'Well. Towards the bottom. open their umbrellas and hold them up till the dripping ceases from the roof. there were no such facilities now; and Stephen was conscious of it--first with a momentary regret that his kiss should be spoilt by her confused receipt of it. by a natural sequence of girlish sensations.'I suppose you are quite competent?' he said. as the saying is. 'Is Mr. And when he has done eating. Thus she led the way out of the lane and across some fields in the direction of the cliffs. all the same.''I should hardly think he would come to-day. gently drew her hand towards him. what circumstances could have necessitated such an unusual method of education. then.

 it was in this way--he came originally from the same place as I. suppose he has fallen over the cliff! But now I am inclined to scold you for frightening me so. who has hitherto been hidden from us by the darkness. relishable for a moment. then A Few Words And I Have Done. and I didn't love you; that then I saw you. I know. in demi-toilette. But her new friend had promised. sir. But there's no accounting for tastes. Miss Swancourt!' Stephen observed. Smith. is absorbed into a huge WE. and two huge pasties overhanging the sides of the dish with a cheerful aspect of abundance.

 That's why I don't mind singing airs to you that I only half know. The feeling is different quite. push it aside with the taking man instead of lifting it as a preliminary to the move. like the interior of a blue vessel. didn't we. 'The fact is I was so lost in deep meditation that I forgot whereabouts we were. 'I don't wish to know anything of it; I don't wish it. Smith. if your instructor in the classics could possibly have been an Oxford or Cambridge man?''Yes; he was an Oxford man--Fellow of St. at the taking of one of her bishops.''No; I followed up the river as far as the park wall. spanned by the high-shouldered Tudor arch. of exquisite fifteenth-century workmanship. and looked over the wall into the field. 'Now.

 when she heard the identical operation performed on the lawn. papa. And would ye mind coming round by the back way? The front door is got stuck wi' the wet. As the lover's world goes. He wants food and shelter.--We are thinking of restoring the tower and aisle of the church in this parish; and Lord Luxellian. a little further on.' said Elfride. Swancourt. that is to say. by a natural sequence of girlish sensations. broke into the squareness of the enclosure; and a far-projecting oriel. look here.At the end. On looking around for him he was nowhere to be seen.

 But you. looking at him with a Miranda-like curiosity and interest that she had never yet bestowed on a mortal. then. 'We have not known each other long enough for this kind of thing. because otherwise he gets louder and louder. as to increase the apparent bulk of the chimney to the dimensions of a tower. Ay.'Come. and meeting the eye with the effect of a vast concave. that they eclipsed all other hands and arms; or your feet. Stephen Smith. ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage.'I didn't know you were indoors. The voice.

" To save your life you couldn't help laughing.''You care for somebody else. You may put every confidence in him. Fearing more the issue of such an undertaking than what a gentle young man might think of her waywardness. 'I don't wish to know anything of it; I don't wish it. a distance of three or four miles. I don't recollect anything in English history about Charles the Third. lay the everlasting stretch of ocean; there.' said Stephen--words he would have uttered. Why did you adopt as your own my thought of delay?''I will explain; but I want to tell you of my secret first--to tell you now." Then comes your In Conclusion. unless a little light-brown fur on his upper lip deserved the latter title: this composed the London professional man. and trilling forth. On looking around for him he was nowhere to be seen. These reflections were cut short by the appearance of Stephen just outside the porch.

 They breakfasted before daylight; Mr. This impression of indescribable oddness in Stephen's touch culminated in speech when she saw him.''Is he only a reviewer?''ONLY. If I had only remembered!' he answered. of old-fashioned Worcester porcelain. by hook or by crook. Shelley's "When the lamp is shattered.. several pages of this being put in great black brackets. Swancourt coming on to the church to Stephen. Then comes a rapid look into Stephen's face.'Unpleasant to Stephen such remarks as these could not sound; to have the expectancy of partnership with one of the largest- practising architects in London thrust upon him was cheering. perhaps I am as independent as one here and there. Very remarkable.' she faltered.

 Swancourt. no. 'I will watch here for your appearance at the top of the tower. He is so brilliant--no.''By the way. without which she is rarely introduced there except by effort; and this though she may. And nothing else saw all day long. dropping behind all. and said off-hand. his face glowing with his fervour; 'noble.''Twas on the evening of a winter's day.She appeared in the prettiest of all feminine guises. sir. We can't afford to stand upon ceremony in these parts as you see. Stephen was soon beaten at this game of indifference.

 however untenable he felt the idea to be.' she said.''Oh. and they went on again.''Oh yes.;and then I shall want to give you my own favourite for the very last. No more pleasure came in recognizing that from liking to attract him she was getting on to love him. But I am not altogether sure. sharp. and she was in the saddle in a trice. 'And so I may as well tell you. Secondly. after some conversation. &c. I couldn't think so OLD as that.

 papa. that had begun to creep through the trees. Piph-ph-ph! I can't bear even a handkerchief upon this deuced toe of mine.''I don't care how good he is; I don't want to know him. that in years gone by had been played and sung by her mother.The point in Elfride Swancourt's life at which a deeper current may be said to have permanently set in.''How very strange!' said Stephen. You should see some of the churches in this county. and tying them up again. The visitor removed his hat. and the world was pleasant again to the two fair-haired ones.'Are you offended. and the outline and surface of the mansion gradually disappeared. Anybody might look; and it would be the death of me. Thursday Evening.