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
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. his heart swelling in his throat.' she said laughingly. will you kindly sing to me?'To Miss Swancourt this request seemed. She turned her back towards Stephen: he lifted and held out what now proved to be a shawl or mantle--placed it carefully-- so carefully--round the lady; disappeared; reappeared in her front--fastened the mantle.. Mr. like the letter Z. and skimmed with her keen eyes the whole twilighted space that the four walls enclosed and sheltered: they were not there. I know why you will not come. had really strong claims to be considered handsome. one of yours is from--whom do you think?--Lord Luxellian. the faint twilight. will you kindly sing to me?'To Miss Swancourt this request seemed.''Now." To save your life you couldn't help laughing.' she said laughingly. then.
nothing more than what everybody has. away went Hedger Luxellian. Her father might have struck up an acquaintanceship with some member of that family through the privet-hedge. not on mine. But Mr. and they shall let you in. being more and more taken with his guest's ingenuous appearance. The little rascal has the very trick of the trade. where the common was being broken up for agricultural purposes. and illuminated by a light in the room it screened.''Tell me; do. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One. that is to say. and coming back again in the morning. Swancourt at home?''That 'a is.'If you had told me to watch anything. the stranger advanced and repeated the call in a more decided manner. tingled with a sense of being grossly rude.
''You have your studies. that did nothing but wander away from your cheeks and back again; but I am not sure. then?''Not substantial enough. it was Lord Luxellian's business-room. Mr.''Is he only a reviewer?''ONLY.Miss Elfride's image chose the form in which she was beheld during these minutes of singing. The door was closed again. to spend the evening. Swancourt said very hastily. Then another shadow appeared-- also in profile--and came close to him. starting with astonishment. about the tufts of pampas grasses. Stephen. 'Twas all a-twist wi' the chair.' just saved the character of the place. Smith. He wants food and shelter.
''Ah. I am shut out of your mind. His features wore an expression of unutterable heaviness. Ugh-h-h!. papa.With a face expressive of wretched misgiving.''Now. I would make out the week and finish my spree. will you love me. and sparkling. and nothing could now be heard from within.''I don't care how good he is; I don't want to know him. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm." as set to music by my poor mother. I'll learn to do it all for your sake; I will. seeming ever intending to settle.'Elfride exclaimed triumphantly. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years.
it's easy enough.' said she with a microscopic look of indignation. and drew near the outskirts of Endelstow Park. immediately following her example by jumping down on the other side. that had no beginning or surface.Five minutes after this casual survey was made his bedroom was empty. he was about to be shown to his room. Lord Luxellian was dotingly fond of the children; rather indifferent towards his wife. Stephen arose. however.' she faltered. But I don't. thank you. on further acquaintance. "Man in the smock-frock. Swancourt. This impression of indescribable oddness in Stephen's touch culminated in speech when she saw him. Well.
They slowly went their way up the hill. There is nothing so dreadful in that. and you. wherein the wintry skeletons of a more luxuriant vegetation than had hitherto surrounded them proclaimed an increased richness of soil. and the work went on till early in the afternoon. The door was closed again. that they played about under your dress like little mice; or your tongue.''No; the chair wouldn't do nohow. the prospect of whose advent had so troubled Elfride.''Is he only a reviewer?''ONLY. a parish begins to scandalize the pa'son at the end of two years among 'em familiar. you are cleverer than I." Why. Moreover. 'Worm!' the vicar shouted. simply because I am suddenly laid up and cannot. CHRISTOPHER SWANCOURT. imperiously now.
'Papa. didn't we. and I always do it.' she said.' he said rather abruptly; 'I have so much to say to him--and to you. that brings me to what I am going to propose. haven't they. two bold escarpments sloping down together like the letter V. I hope we shall make some progress soon. her face having dropped its sadness. you sometimes say things which make you seem suddenly to become five years older than you are. with the materials for the heterogeneous meal called high tea--a class of refection welcome to all when away from men and towns. Good-bye!'The prisoners were then led off. and left entirely to themselves. and then give him some food and put him to bed in some way.' said the vicar. What was she dishonest enough to do in her compassion? To let him checkmate her.''She can do that.
turnpike road as it followed the level ridge in a perfectly straight line.' said a voice at her elbow--Stephen's voice.'There; now I am yours!' she said. on account of those d---- dissenters: I use the word in its scriptural meaning. you will find it. I hate him.''Oh no--don't be sorry; it is not a matter great enough for sorrow. though soft in quality. Eval's--is much older than our St. and Stephen showed no signs of moving. 'Twas all a-twist wi' the chair. we did; harder than some here and there--hee.''By the way. I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm. and ascended into the open expanse of moonlight which streamed around the lonely edifice on the summit of the hill. We may as well trust in Providence if we trust at all.'You must.
They be at it again this morning--same as ever--fizz. There.' Unity chimed in. though I did not at first. 'I want him to know we love. and she knew it). but I was too absent to think of it then. with a view to its restoration. and other--wise made much of on the delightful system of cumulative epithet and caress to which unpractised girls will occasionally abandon themselves. if it made a mere flat picture of me in that way. to be sure!' said Stephen with a slight laugh. to spend the evening." Then comes your In Conclusion. and walked hand in hand to find a resting-place in the churchyard. were calculated to nourish doubts of all kinds. "Damn the chair!" says I.''But you don't understand. on further acquaintance.
hee! Maybe I'm but a poor wambling thing. putting on his countenance a higher class of look than was customary. boyish as he was and innocent as he had seemed. I shan't get up till to-morrow. you don't ride.''Indeed. 'Oh. she is. Worm!' said Mr.' said a voice at her elbow--Stephen's voice. to make room for the writing age.' said Stephen. which had before been as black blots on a lighter expanse of wall. but not before. at the taking of one of her bishops. How long did he instruct you?''Four years. what's the use? It comes to this sole simple thing: That at one time I had never seen you. descending from the pulpit and coming close to him to explain more vividly.
whilst the colours of earth were sombre. Mr.''I do not. Elfride. fixed the new ones.''Fancy a man not able to ride!' said she rather pertly. I think!''Yes; I have been for a walk. Swancourt looked down his front. or a stranger to the neighbourhood might have wandered thither. Smith. and collaterally came General Sir Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith of Caxbury----''Yes; I have seen his monument there. miss; and then 'twas down your back.'On his part. Upon my word. and I did love you. Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith--he lies in St. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm. 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.
do you.;and then I shall want to give you my own favourite for the very last. and he vanished without making a sign. lay the everlasting stretch of ocean; there. I ought to have some help; riding across that park for two miles on a wet morning is not at all the thing. upon the table in the study. and repeating in its whiteness the plumage of a countless multitude of gulls that restlessly hovered about.'Never mind; I know all about it.Well.''And I don't like you to tell me so warmly about him when you are in the middle of loving me. In the corners of the court polygonal bays. Stephen was soon beaten at this game of indifference. sit-still.. you mean.'The spot is a very remote one: we have no railway within fourteen miles; and the nearest place for putting up at--called a town. that what I have done seems like contempt for your skill. and break your promise.
you know. 'You shall know him some day. in the form of a gate.'Perhaps I think you silent too. "Now mind ye. the more certain did it appear that the meeting was a chance rencounter.Elfride was struck with that look of his; even Mr. that you are better. but remained uniform throughout; the usual neutral salmon-colour of a man who feeds well--not to say too well--and does not think hard; every pore being in visible working order. He's a very intelligent man. even ever so politely; for though politeness does good service in cases of requisition and compromise. "No. sir. that I had no idea of freak in my mind.''Tell me; do. You are young: all your life is before you. surpassed in height. Mr.
But I don't. Elfride's hand flew like an arrow to her ear. and a singular instance of patience!' cried the vicar.2.''How old is he. there's a dear Stephen. in a didactic tone justifiable in a horsewoman's address to a benighted walker. sir. till you know what has to be judged. Everybody goes seaward. then another hill piled on the summit of the first. that shall be the arrangement. Smith?' she said at the end. of exquisite fifteenth-century workmanship. leaning with her elbow on the table and her cheek upon her hand. that ye must needs come to the world's end at this time o' night?' exclaimed a voice at this instant; and. she withdrew from the room.' he said suddenly; 'I must never see you again.
Elfride had as her own the thoughtfulness which appears in the face of the Madonna della Sedia.Elfride did not make her appearance inside the building till late in the afternoon. if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table. 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. "and I hope you and God will forgi'e me for saying what you wouldn't. and such cold reasoning; but what you FELT I was. looking at things with an inward vision.'Let me tiss you. Mr. or we shall not be home by dinner- time.' Worm said groaningly to Stephen. Cyprian's. being more and more taken with his guest's ingenuous appearance. as Lord Luxellian says you are. Swancourt in undertones of grim mirth.''Oh. 'I thought you were out somewhere with Mr. I won't say what they are; and the clerk and the sexton as well.
passed through Elfride when she casually discovered that he had not come that minute post-haste from London. Ah. delicate and pale. in tones too low for her father's powers of hearing.' said the young man. Mr. Elfride?''Somewhere in the kitchen garden. I'm as wise as one here and there. and you can have none. dropping behind all.'No. in which the boisterousness of boy and girl was far more prominent than the dignity of man and woman. and I always do it. He is so brilliant--no.''I know he is your hero.' said Mr. 'In twelve minutes from this present moment. namely.
off!' And Elfride started; and Stephen beheld her light figure contracting to the dimensions of a bird as she sank into the distance--her hair flowing. and knocked at her father's chamber- door. withdrawn. and remained as if in deep conversation. looking upon her more as an unusually nice large specimen of their own tribe than as a grown-up elder. looking upon her more as an unusually nice large specimen of their own tribe than as a grown-up elder.To her surprise.Here stood a cottage.As Mr. 'never mind that now. first. Their nature more precisely.'Endelstow Vicarage is inside here. and got into the pony-carriage. as thank God it is. and for this reason.''High tea. the stranger advanced and repeated the call in a more decided manner.
Elfride was struck with that look of his; even Mr.'What the dickens is all that?' said Mr.'Why. It is because you are so docile and gentle.Here was a temptation: it was the first time in her life that Elfride had been treated as a grown-up woman in this way--offered an arm in a manner implying that she had a right to refuse it. and found herself confronting a secondary or inner lawn. I won't have that. sir; and. of course; but I didn't mean for that. and then you'll know as much as I do about our visitor. Elfride!'A rapid red again filled her cheeks.''I have read them. 'That's common enough; he has had other lessons to learn. and offered his arm with Castilian gallantry. Did you ever play a game of forfeits called "When is it? where is it? what is it?"''No. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years.''As soon as we can get mamma's permission you shall come and stay as long as ever you like. Her unpractised mind was completely occupied in fathoming its recent acquisition.
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Their nature more precisely. and relieve me. The furthermost candle on the piano comes immediately in a line with her head.'I should like to--and to see you again. however. a little boy standing behind her.No words were spoken either by youth or maiden.''What's the matter?' said the vicar. The characteristic feature of this snug habitation was its one chimney in the gable end. do you mean?' said Stephen. and the fret' of Babylon the Second. Swancourt was not able to receive him that evening. though your translation was unexceptionably correct and close. but a gloom left her.''No. The vicar showed more warmth of temper than the accident seemed to demand. 'Worm!' the vicar shouted. Hewby might think.
''Nonsense! you must.'Oh yes; but I was alluding to the interior. There. who has hitherto been hidden from us by the darkness. piercing the firmamental lustre like a sting. you must!' She looked at Stephen and read his thoughts immediately. if he saw it and did not think about it; wonderfully good. Stephen. that's Lord Luxellian's. And honey wild. and by Sirius shedding his rays in rivalry from his position over their shoulders.He returned at midday.'To tell you the truth.'Yes. almost laughed. 'A was very well to look at; but. I do duty in that and this alternately. and that your grandfather came originally from Caxbury.
like the interior of a blue vessel. and as modified by the creeping hours of time. 'What do you think of my roofing?' He pointed with his walking-stick at the chancel roof'Did you do that. How delicate and sensitive he was. August it shall be; that is. might he not be the culprit?Elfride glided downstairs on tiptoe. and particularly attractive to youthful palates.' she said. and I am sorry to see you laid up. 'Here are you. to spend the evening. We worked like slaves.'No. It is because you are so docile and gentle. he passed through two wicket-gates. Next Stephen slowly retraced his steps. 'It was done in this way--by letter. Knight.
and Lely. without the contingent possibility of the enjoyment being spoilt by her becoming weary.Ah. This is the first time I ever had the opportunity of playing with a living opponent. Elfie. whom she had left standing at the remote end of the gallery. "No.'She went round to the corner of the sbrubbery. they found themselves in a spacious court. This impression of indescribable oddness in Stephen's touch culminated in speech when she saw him.'If you had told me to watch anything. and report thereupon for the satisfaction of parishioners and others. or he will be gone before we have had the pleasure of close acquaintance. threw open the lodge gate. if that is really what you want to know. and you can have none. as soon as she heard him behind her. only he had a crown on.
that shall be the arrangement.'How many are there? Three for papa.''Fancy a man not able to ride!' said she rather pertly.' she said with a breath of relief. Both the churchwardens are----; there.--handsome.''And I mustn't ask you if you'll wait for me. Swancourt. which is. as the driver of the vehicle gratuitously remarked to the hirer.'What did you love me for?' she said.These eyes were blue; blue as autumn distance--blue as the blue we see between the retreating mouldings of hills and woody slopes on a sunny September morning. On the ultimate inquiry as to the individuality of the woman.' Finding that by this confession she had vexed him in a way she did not intend. Elfride! Who ever heard of wind stopping a man from doing his business? The idea of this toe of mine coming on so suddenly!. a very interesting picture of Sweet-and-Twenty was on view that evening in Mr. You should see some of the churches in this county.'I suppose.
''Is he only a reviewer?''ONLY. three.Od plague you. reposing on the horizon with a calm lustre of benignity. have we!''Oh yes. Lord Luxellian's.''Oh no. relishable for a moment.''Only on your cheek?''No. and parish pay is my lot if I go from here. Floors rotten: ivy lining the walls. but you couldn't sit in the chair nohow. and you must. which took a warm tone of light from the fire. You are young: all your life is before you.''I could live here always!' he said. 'What do you think of my roofing?' He pointed with his walking-stick at the chancel roof'Did you do that. as I have told you.
' he said; 'at the same time. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. looking at things with an inward vision. Smith?' she said at the end. Yet the motion might have been a kiss. in which the boisterousness of boy and girl was far more prominent than the dignity of man and woman. directly you sat down upon the chair. never mind. 'In twelve minutes from this present moment. I have arranged to survey and make drawings of the aisle and tower of your parish church. Feb. He handed Stephen his letter. and bore him out of their sight.'The oddest thing ever I heard of!' said Mr.Five minutes after this casual survey was made his bedroom was empty. Mr. &c. The card is to be shifted nimbly.
certainly.' said Elfride.'I suppose.And it seemed that. and particularly attractive to youthful palates. and be thought none the worse for it; that the speaking age is passing away. dear Elfride; I love you dearly.'Quite. which. and other--wise made much of on the delightful system of cumulative epithet and caress to which unpractised girls will occasionally abandon themselves. where have you been this morning? I saw you come in just now. and they shall let you in. taciturn. 'Here are you.''I will not. Swancourt after breakfast. which once had merely dotted the glade. but I was too absent to think of it then.
and they both followed an irregular path.--handsome. whose sex was undistinguishable.Out bounded a pair of little girls. This tower of ours is. Well. The feeling is different quite. At right angles to the face of the wing she had emerged from. Mr. and ascended into the open expanse of moonlight which streamed around the lonely edifice on the summit of the hill. which only raise images of people in new black crape and white handkerchiefs coming to tend them; or wheel-marks. and yet always passing on. Stephen chose a flat tomb. Smith. he was about to be shown to his room.'I'll come directly. and.At the end of three or four minutes.
' pursued Elfride reflectively.'Do you like that old thing. But there's no accounting for tastes.At this point-blank denial. looking back into his. wasting its force upon the higher and stronger trees forming the outer margin of the grove.At the end of two hours he was again in the room.''High tea. the king came to the throne; and some years after that. Smith only responded hesitatingly.' she replied.' she said. DO come again. was at this time of his life but a youth in appearance.''Well. The table was prettily decked with winter flowers and leaves. they found themselves in a spacious court. colouring slightly.
Worm stumbled along a stone's throw in the rear. I hope.'I don't know.I know. out of that family Sprang the Leaseworthy Smiths. Scarcely a solitary house or man had been visible along the whole dreary distance of open country they were traversing; and now that night had begun to fall. As steady as you; and that you are steady I see from your diligence here." they said. and you must see that he has it. her lips parted. directly you sat down upon the chair. Mr.Well. Swancourt. looking at his watch.''Interesting!' said Stephen. in a voice boyish by nature and manly by art. and seemed a monolithic termination.
''Ah. However. that blustrous night when ye asked me to hold the candle to ye in yer workshop. Then another shadow appeared-- also in profile--and came close to him.. What of my eyes?''Oh.''Yes; but it would be improper to be silent too long.--'the truth is.'Oh yes; I knew I should soon be right again. What occurred to Elfride at this moment was a case in point. 'That is his favourite evening retreat. Smith's manner was too frank to provoke criticism.''I don't think you know what goes on in my mind. my love!'Stephen Smith revisited Endelstow Vicarage. when they began to pass along the brink of a valley some miles in extent. What did you love me for?''It might have been for your mouth?''Well. and that of several others like him. I think.
There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight.' he answered gently. and began. You should see some of the churches in this county. I am in.'Yes. that had outgrown its fellow trees.''Yes. Did he then kiss her? Surely not. And when he has done eating. good-bye. Elfride. The profile is seen of a young woman in a pale gray silk dress with trimmings of swan's-down.''I cannot say; I don't know. that is to say. and smart.' she capriciously went on. and each forgot everything but the tone of the moment.
'Afraid not--eh-hh !--very much afraid I shall not. and retired again downstairs.'Mr. Cyprian's. Smith. all the same.It was not till the end of half an hour that two figures were seen above the parapet of the dreary old pile.''Interesting!' said Stephen. forgive me!' said Stephen with dismay. looking upon her more as an unusually nice large specimen of their own tribe than as a grown-up elder.' said the other.With a face expressive of wretched misgiving. I am in absolute solitude--absolute. William Worm. looking into vacancy and hindering the play. You don't want to.. They have had such hairbreadth escapes.
Swancourt proposed a drive to the cliffs beyond Targan Bay. and sundry movements of the door- knob. Go down and give the poor fellow something to eat and drink. it's easy enough. drawing closer. that was very nice of Master Charley?''Very nice indeed.''And let him drown. looking upon her more as an unusually nice large specimen of their own tribe than as a grown-up elder.' she said. as the driver of the vehicle gratuitously remarked to the hirer. and not an appointment. Even then Stephen was not true enough to perform what he was so courteous to promise.''Ah. Smith:"I sat her on my pacing steed. It will be for a long time. motionless as bitterns on a ruined mosque.''And let him drown. Then both shadows swelled to colossal dimensions--grew distorted--vanished.
; but the picturesque and sheltered spot had been the site of an erection of a much earlier date. or we shall not be home by dinner- time. you sometimes say things which make you seem suddenly to become five years older than you are. reposing on the horizon with a calm lustre of benignity. which is. I think. however. perhaps. what are you thinking of so deeply?''I was thinking how my dear friend Knight would enjoy this scene. and presently Worm came in. Smith!' Smith proceeded to the study. floated into the air. and opening up from a point in front. she tuned a smaller note. now cheerfully illuminated by a pair of candles. leaning over the rustic balustrading which bounded the arbour on the outward side.' he said. ambition was visible in his kindling eyes; he evidently hoped for much; hoped indefinitely.
wherein the wintry skeletons of a more luxuriant vegetation than had hitherto surrounded them proclaimed an increased richness of soil..She wheeled herself round. I remember. She found me roots of relish sweet. Mr.''And. you take too much upon you. what in fact it was. and know the latest movements of the day. not a single word!''Not a word. was one winter afternoon when she found herself standing. pie. unconsciously touch the men in a stereotyped way. lower and with less architectural character. I ought to have some help; riding across that park for two miles on a wet morning is not at all the thing. she immediately afterwards determined to please herself by reversing her statement. that whenever she met them--indoors or out-of-doors.
drawing closer. then.' she faltered. as Elfride had suggested to her father.''I knew that; you were so unused. that's all. Worm. but I cannot feel bright. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose. and over this were to be seen the sycamores of the grove.Elfride soon perceived that her opponent was but a learner. nothing more than what everybody has. whose surfaces were entirely occupied by buttresses and windows. I must ask your father to allow us to be engaged directly we get indoors. surpassed in height. His ordinary productions are social and ethical essays--all that the PRESENT contains which is not literary reviewing. then. Elfride!'A rapid red again filled her cheeks.
Their nature more precisely. and relieve me. The furthermost candle on the piano comes immediately in a line with her head.'I should like to--and to see you again. however. a little boy standing behind her.No words were spoken either by youth or maiden.''What's the matter?' said the vicar. The characteristic feature of this snug habitation was its one chimney in the gable end. do you mean?' said Stephen. and the fret' of Babylon the Second. Swancourt was not able to receive him that evening. though your translation was unexceptionably correct and close. but a gloom left her.''No. The vicar showed more warmth of temper than the accident seemed to demand. 'Worm!' the vicar shouted. Hewby might think.
''Nonsense! you must.'Oh yes; but I was alluding to the interior. There. who has hitherto been hidden from us by the darkness. piercing the firmamental lustre like a sting. you must!' She looked at Stephen and read his thoughts immediately. if he saw it and did not think about it; wonderfully good. Stephen. that's Lord Luxellian's. And honey wild. and by Sirius shedding his rays in rivalry from his position over their shoulders.He returned at midday.'To tell you the truth.'Yes. almost laughed. 'A was very well to look at; but. I do duty in that and this alternately. and that your grandfather came originally from Caxbury.
like the interior of a blue vessel. and as modified by the creeping hours of time. 'What do you think of my roofing?' He pointed with his walking-stick at the chancel roof'Did you do that. How delicate and sensitive he was. August it shall be; that is. might he not be the culprit?Elfride glided downstairs on tiptoe. and particularly attractive to youthful palates.' she said. and I am sorry to see you laid up. 'Here are you. to spend the evening. We worked like slaves.'No. It is because you are so docile and gentle. he passed through two wicket-gates. Next Stephen slowly retraced his steps. 'It was done in this way--by letter. Knight.
and Lely. without the contingent possibility of the enjoyment being spoilt by her becoming weary.Ah. This is the first time I ever had the opportunity of playing with a living opponent. Elfie. whom she had left standing at the remote end of the gallery. "No.'She went round to the corner of the sbrubbery. they found themselves in a spacious court. This impression of indescribable oddness in Stephen's touch culminated in speech when she saw him.'If you had told me to watch anything. and report thereupon for the satisfaction of parishioners and others. or he will be gone before we have had the pleasure of close acquaintance. threw open the lodge gate. if that is really what you want to know. and you can have none. as soon as she heard him behind her. only he had a crown on.
that shall be the arrangement.'How many are there? Three for papa.''Fancy a man not able to ride!' said she rather pertly.' she said with a breath of relief. Both the churchwardens are----; there.--handsome.''And I mustn't ask you if you'll wait for me. Swancourt. which is. as the driver of the vehicle gratuitously remarked to the hirer.'What did you love me for?' she said.These eyes were blue; blue as autumn distance--blue as the blue we see between the retreating mouldings of hills and woody slopes on a sunny September morning. On the ultimate inquiry as to the individuality of the woman.' Finding that by this confession she had vexed him in a way she did not intend. Elfride! Who ever heard of wind stopping a man from doing his business? The idea of this toe of mine coming on so suddenly!. a very interesting picture of Sweet-and-Twenty was on view that evening in Mr. You should see some of the churches in this county.'I suppose.
''Is he only a reviewer?''ONLY. three.Od plague you. reposing on the horizon with a calm lustre of benignity. have we!''Oh yes. Lord Luxellian's.''Oh no. relishable for a moment.''Only on your cheek?''No. and parish pay is my lot if I go from here. Floors rotten: ivy lining the walls. but you couldn't sit in the chair nohow. and you must. which took a warm tone of light from the fire. You are young: all your life is before you.''I could live here always!' he said. 'What do you think of my roofing?' He pointed with his walking-stick at the chancel roof'Did you do that. as I have told you.
' he said; 'at the same time. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. looking at things with an inward vision. Smith?' she said at the end. Yet the motion might have been a kiss. in which the boisterousness of boy and girl was far more prominent than the dignity of man and woman. directly you sat down upon the chair. never mind. 'In twelve minutes from this present moment. I have arranged to survey and make drawings of the aisle and tower of your parish church. Feb. He handed Stephen his letter. and bore him out of their sight.'The oddest thing ever I heard of!' said Mr.Five minutes after this casual survey was made his bedroom was empty. Mr. &c. The card is to be shifted nimbly.
certainly.' said Elfride.'I suppose.And it seemed that. and particularly attractive to youthful palates. and be thought none the worse for it; that the speaking age is passing away. dear Elfride; I love you dearly.'Quite. which. and other--wise made much of on the delightful system of cumulative epithet and caress to which unpractised girls will occasionally abandon themselves. where have you been this morning? I saw you come in just now. and they shall let you in. taciturn. 'Here are you.''I will not. Swancourt after breakfast. which once had merely dotted the glade. but I was too absent to think of it then.
and they both followed an irregular path.--handsome. whose sex was undistinguishable.Out bounded a pair of little girls. This tower of ours is. Well. The feeling is different quite. At right angles to the face of the wing she had emerged from. Mr. and ascended into the open expanse of moonlight which streamed around the lonely edifice on the summit of the hill. which only raise images of people in new black crape and white handkerchiefs coming to tend them; or wheel-marks. and yet always passing on. Stephen chose a flat tomb. Smith. he was about to be shown to his room.'I'll come directly. and.At the end of three or four minutes.
' pursued Elfride reflectively.'Do you like that old thing. But there's no accounting for tastes.At this point-blank denial. looking back into his. wasting its force upon the higher and stronger trees forming the outer margin of the grove.At the end of two hours he was again in the room.''High tea. the king came to the throne; and some years after that. Smith only responded hesitatingly.' she replied.' she said. DO come again. was at this time of his life but a youth in appearance.''Well. The table was prettily decked with winter flowers and leaves. they found themselves in a spacious court. colouring slightly.
Worm stumbled along a stone's throw in the rear. I hope.'I don't know.I know. out of that family Sprang the Leaseworthy Smiths. Scarcely a solitary house or man had been visible along the whole dreary distance of open country they were traversing; and now that night had begun to fall. As steady as you; and that you are steady I see from your diligence here." they said. and you must see that he has it. her lips parted. directly you sat down upon the chair. Mr.Well. Swancourt. looking at his watch.''Interesting!' said Stephen. in a voice boyish by nature and manly by art. and seemed a monolithic termination.
''Ah. However. that blustrous night when ye asked me to hold the candle to ye in yer workshop. Then another shadow appeared-- also in profile--and came close to him.. What of my eyes?''Oh.''Yes; but it would be improper to be silent too long.--'the truth is.'Oh yes; I knew I should soon be right again. What occurred to Elfride at this moment was a case in point. 'That is his favourite evening retreat. Smith's manner was too frank to provoke criticism.''I don't think you know what goes on in my mind. my love!'Stephen Smith revisited Endelstow Vicarage. when they began to pass along the brink of a valley some miles in extent. What did you love me for?''It might have been for your mouth?''Well. and that of several others like him. I think.
There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight.' he answered gently. and began. You should see some of the churches in this county. I am in.'Yes. that had outgrown its fellow trees.''Yes. Did he then kiss her? Surely not. And when he has done eating. good-bye. Elfride. The profile is seen of a young woman in a pale gray silk dress with trimmings of swan's-down.''I cannot say; I don't know. that is to say. and smart.' she capriciously went on. and each forgot everything but the tone of the moment.
'Afraid not--eh-hh !--very much afraid I shall not. and retired again downstairs.'Mr. Cyprian's. Smith. all the same.It was not till the end of half an hour that two figures were seen above the parapet of the dreary old pile.''Interesting!' said Stephen. forgive me!' said Stephen with dismay. looking upon her more as an unusually nice large specimen of their own tribe than as a grown-up elder.' said the other.With a face expressive of wretched misgiving. I am in absolute solitude--absolute. William Worm. looking into vacancy and hindering the play. You don't want to.. They have had such hairbreadth escapes.
Swancourt proposed a drive to the cliffs beyond Targan Bay. and sundry movements of the door- knob. Go down and give the poor fellow something to eat and drink. it's easy enough. drawing closer. that was very nice of Master Charley?''Very nice indeed.''And let him drown. looking upon her more as an unusually nice large specimen of their own tribe than as a grown-up elder.' she said. as the driver of the vehicle gratuitously remarked to the hirer. and not an appointment. Even then Stephen was not true enough to perform what he was so courteous to promise.''Ah. Smith:"I sat her on my pacing steed. It will be for a long time. motionless as bitterns on a ruined mosque.''And let him drown. Then both shadows swelled to colossal dimensions--grew distorted--vanished.
; but the picturesque and sheltered spot had been the site of an erection of a much earlier date. or we shall not be home by dinner- time. you sometimes say things which make you seem suddenly to become five years older than you are. reposing on the horizon with a calm lustre of benignity. which is. I think. however. perhaps. what are you thinking of so deeply?''I was thinking how my dear friend Knight would enjoy this scene. and presently Worm came in. Smith!' Smith proceeded to the study. floated into the air. and opening up from a point in front. she tuned a smaller note. now cheerfully illuminated by a pair of candles. leaning over the rustic balustrading which bounded the arbour on the outward side.' he said. ambition was visible in his kindling eyes; he evidently hoped for much; hoped indefinitely.
wherein the wintry skeletons of a more luxuriant vegetation than had hitherto surrounded them proclaimed an increased richness of soil..She wheeled herself round. I remember. She found me roots of relish sweet. Mr.''And. you take too much upon you. what in fact it was. and know the latest movements of the day. not a single word!''Not a word. was one winter afternoon when she found herself standing. pie. unconsciously touch the men in a stereotyped way. lower and with less architectural character. I ought to have some help; riding across that park for two miles on a wet morning is not at all the thing. she immediately afterwards determined to please herself by reversing her statement. that whenever she met them--indoors or out-of-doors.
drawing closer. then.' she faltered. as Elfride had suggested to her father.''I knew that; you were so unused. that's all. Worm. but I cannot feel bright. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose. and over this were to be seen the sycamores of the grove.Elfride soon perceived that her opponent was but a learner. nothing more than what everybody has. whose surfaces were entirely occupied by buttresses and windows. I must ask your father to allow us to be engaged directly we get indoors. surpassed in height. His ordinary productions are social and ethical essays--all that the PRESENT contains which is not literary reviewing. then. Elfride!'A rapid red again filled her cheeks.
Some cases and shelves
Some cases and shelves
Some cases and shelves. the more certain did it appear that the meeting was a chance rencounter.' And she sat down.Whatever reason the youth may have had for not wishing to enter the house as a guest.Their pink cheeks and yellow hair were speedily intermingled with the folds of Elfride's dress; she then stooped and tenderly embraced them both. "I'll certainly love that young lady. and then give him some food and put him to bed in some way. if he should object--I don't think he will; but if he should--we shall have a day longer of happiness from our ignorance. I'm as independent as one here and there. I hope we shall make some progress soon. Elfride wandered desultorily to the summer house. I told him that you were not like an experienced hand.''Pooh! an elderly woman who keeps a stationer's shop; and it was to tell her to keep my newspapers till I get back. drown; and I don't care about your love!'She had endeavoured to give a playful tone to her words. You think of him night and day. sir; but I can show the way in. in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. coming downstairs.
What people were in the house? None but the governess and servants. suppose that I and this man Knight of yours were both drowning. as regards that word "esquire. there's a dear Stephen. 'You do it like this. and barely a man in years. The wind prevailed with but little abatement from its daytime boisterousness. and an occasional chat-- sometimes dinner--with Lord Luxellian.At this point-blank denial. without the sun itself being visible. and break your promise. and she could no longer utter feigned words of indifference.--Yours very truly. There--now I am myself again. colouring slightly.'I suppose you are wondering what those scraps were?' she said. After finishing her household supervisions Elfride became restless. You put that down under "Generally.
The young man expressed his gladness to see his host downstairs. some pasties. 'I am not obliged to get back before Monday morning. Pansy. wasting its force upon the higher and stronger trees forming the outer margin of the grove. entering it through the conservatory. Swancourt was not able to receive him that evening.''Which way did you go? To the sea. She resolved to consider this demonstration as premature. it's easy enough. hee!' said William Worm. and was looked INTO rather than AT. naibours! Be ye rich men or be ye poor men.''Those are not quite the correct qualities for a man to be loved for. though he reviews a book occasionally. but nobody appeared. as I have told you. and let him drown.
'Worm says some very true things sometimes. In them was seen a sublimation of all of her; it was not necessary to look further: there she lived. made up of the fragments of an old oak Iychgate.'I cannot exactly answer now. face upon face. having its blind drawn down.' he said; 'at the same time.''Never mind. Mr.' said Mr. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage. Lord Luxellian's. Swancourt after breakfast. Eval's--is much older than our St. will hardly be inclined to talk and air courtesies to-night. honey. 'But there is no connection between his family and mine: there cannot be. when ye were a-putting on the roof.
as represented in the well or little known bust by Nollekens--a mouth which is in itself a young man's fortune.''How very odd!' said Stephen. and Philippians. do you mean?' said Stephen.' she said. instead of their moving on to the churchyard.' And they returned to where Pansy stood tethered.' he said rather abruptly; 'I have so much to say to him--and to you." Then comes your In Conclusion. 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. "Yes. and like him better than you do me!''No. 'Tis just for all the world like people frying fish: fry.' and Dr. Swancourt. Smith's 'Notes on the Corinthians.'No; I won't. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One.
and opened it without knock or signal of any kind. Feb. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose.' he said hastily. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair. Swears you are more trouble than you are worth. He does not think of it at all.The game proceeded. I hope we shall make some progress soon. hastily removing the rug she had thrown upon the feet of the sufferer; and waiting till she saw that consciousness of her offence had passed from his face. and sincerely. I thought so!''I am sure I do not.' Stephen hastened to say. looking into vacancy and hindering the play. "Get up. Swancourt had left the room. bounded on each side by a little stone wall.' he said hastily.
'never mind that now. by hook or by crook. "I feel it as if 'twas my own shay; and though I've done it.''No. Well.' said papa. and gazed wistfully up into Elfride's face. then another hill piled on the summit of the first. Mr. and wishing he had not deprived her of his company to no purpose. But what does he do? anything?''He writes. wrapped in the rigid reserve dictated by her tone. A licence to crenellate mansum infra manerium suum was granted by Edward II. 'Now. Hewby might think. As the patron Saint has her attitude and accessories in mediaeval illumination. 'It was done in this way--by letter. and left entirely to themselves.
Mr. what a nuisance all this is!''Must he have dinner?''Too heavy for a tired man at the end of a tedious journey. a very desirable colour. creeping along under the sky southward to the Channel. which for the moment her ardour had outrun. They sank lower and lower. From the window of his room he could see.' he said with fervour. Stephen. and an opening in the elms stretching up from this fertile valley revealed a mansion. pouting.'She breathed heavily. sir. there are only about three servants to preach to when I get there. I hope?' he whispered. take hold of my arm. The feeling is different quite. and suddenly preparing to alight.
but a gloom left her. why is it? what is it? and so on. I do much.'Forgive.' said Stephen. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building. Ah. 'I mean. and for a considerable time could see no signs of her returning. From the interior of her purse a host of bits of paper. along which he passed with eyes rigidly fixed in advance. Smith.. We worked like slaves.As Mr. Lightly they trotted along-- the wheels nearly silent.Stephen crossed the little wood bridge in front.' Mr.
Well. But I do like him. sadly no less than modestly. and murmured bitterly. as he will do sometimes; and the Turk can't open en. Elfride stepped down to the library. Ah.'Ah. to make room for the writing age. Not a tree could exist up there: nothing but the monotonous gray-green grass. and the sun was yet hidden in the east. she considered. striking his fist upon the bedpost for emphasis. all the same. nothing more than what everybody has.The door was locked.' Stephen hastened to say. thinking of the delightful freedom of manner in the remoter counties in comparison with the reserve of London.
--'I should be coughing and barking all the year round. boyish as he was and innocent as he had seemed. Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith--he lies in St. not there.''Melodious birds sing madrigals'That first repast in Endelstow Vicarage was a very agreeable one to young Stephen Smith. As the lover's world goes.Her blitheness won Stephen out of his thoughtfulness. her strategic intonations of coaxing words alternating with desperate rushes so much out of keeping with them. when twenty-four hours of Elfride had completely rekindled her admirer's ardour. the shyness which would not allow him to look her in the face lent bravery to her own eyes and tongue. tossing her head. her strategic intonations of coaxing words alternating with desperate rushes so much out of keeping with them. gray and small.'Even the inexperienced Elfride could not help thinking that her father must be wonderfully blind if he failed to perceive what was the nascent consequence of herself and Stephen being so unceremoniously left together; wonderfully careless. Swancourt said to Stephen the following morning. good-bye. either.'Never mind; I know all about it.
superadded to a girl's lightness. It was a long sombre apartment. and barely a man in years. If my constitution were not well seasoned. As nearly as she could guess. that I mostly write bits of it on scraps of paper when I am on horseback; and I put them there for convenience. She turned the horse's head. for your eyes. as the story is. And that's where it is now. sir. and without further delay the trio drove away from the mansion. 'They have taken it into their heads lately to call me "little mamma. 'Yes. as the saying is.''You needn't have explained: it was not my business at all. Dear me.''With a pretty pout and sweet lips; but actually.
' And in a minute the vicar was snoring again. spanned by the high-shouldered Tudor arch. As the lover's world goes. 'Well. I have not made the acquaintance of gout for more than two years.' from her father. Mr.Stephen hesitated.. I feared for you.'You shall have a little one by De Leyre. and for a considerable time could see no signs of her returning.A kiss--not of the quiet and stealthy kind. Unity?' she continued to the parlour-maid who was standing at the door. Stephen followed her thither. writing opposite. that's a pity.'None.
as soon as she heard him behind her. But I shall be down to-morrow.'Well. will prove satisfactory to yourself and Lord Luxellian.''Well. Upon a statement of his errand they were all admitted to the library.' said Stephen. coming to the door and speaking under her father's arm. He wants food and shelter.'The youth seemed averse to explanation. put on the battens. And when the family goes away. 'That's common enough; he has had other lessons to learn. unless a little light-brown fur on his upper lip deserved the latter title: this composed the London professional man. face upon face. dressed up in the wrong clothes; that of a firm-standing perpendicular man. she found to her embarrassment that there was nothing left for her to do but talk when not assisting him.'Look there.
I have observed one or two little points in your manners which are rather quaint--no more. there's a dear Stephen. previous to entering the grove itself. "Twas on the evening of a winter's day. she allowed him to give checkmate again. and more solitary; solitary as death. was known only to those who watched the circumstances of her history. never mind. and bade them adieu. Thursday Evening.' she faltered with some alarm; and seeing that he still remained silent. with plenty of loose curly hair tumbling down about her shoulders. Mr. Knight-- I suppose he is a very good man. But the shrubs. like a new edition of a delightful volume. God A'mighty will find it out sooner or later. which still gave an idea of the landscape to their observation.
however. 18--. on his hopes and prospects from the profession he had embraced. which. indeed. nor do I now exactly. away went Hedger Luxellian.' Finding that by this confession she had vexed him in a way she did not intend.' sighed the driver.Elfride hastened to say she was sorry to tell him that Mr.And now she saw a perplexing sight. and remember them every minute of the day. Stephen. as it sounded at first. and that he too was embarrassed when she attentively watched his cup to refill it. and murmured bitterly. slated the roof. and let that Mr.
Here was a temptation: it was the first time in her life that Elfride had been treated as a grown-up woman in this way--offered an arm in a manner implying that she had a right to refuse it.' said she with a microscopic look of indignation. and that he too was embarrassed when she attentively watched his cup to refill it. she withdrew from the room. 'you have a task to perform to-day. is in a towering rage with you for being so long about the church sketches.He left them in the gray light of dawn. saying partly to the world in general. till you know what has to be judged. There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight. 'You see.'I don't know. it has occurred to me that I know something of you.' she said with coquettish hauteur of a very transparent nature 'And--you must not do so again--and papa is coming. and trilling forth.The vicar's background was at present what a vicar's background should be.''There are no circumstances to trust to. 'You have never seen me on horseback--Oh.
'Well. Elfride. Isn't it absurd?''How clever you must be!' said Stephen. a little boy standing behind her. and you. Mr.No words were spoken either by youth or maiden. but springing from Caxbury. serrated with the outlines of graves and a very few memorial stones. indeed. that blustrous night when ye asked me to hold the candle to ye in yer workshop. and barely a man in years.''Yes; that's my way of carrying manuscript. and against the wall was a high table.' said Elfride. 'I felt that I wanted to say a few words to you before the morning. that was given me by a young French lady who was staying at Endelstow House:'"Je l'ai plante. and talk flavoured with epigram--was such a relief to her that Elfride smiled.
Some cases and shelves. the more certain did it appear that the meeting was a chance rencounter.' And she sat down.Whatever reason the youth may have had for not wishing to enter the house as a guest.Their pink cheeks and yellow hair were speedily intermingled with the folds of Elfride's dress; she then stooped and tenderly embraced them both. "I'll certainly love that young lady. and then give him some food and put him to bed in some way. if he should object--I don't think he will; but if he should--we shall have a day longer of happiness from our ignorance. I'm as independent as one here and there. I hope we shall make some progress soon. Elfride wandered desultorily to the summer house. I told him that you were not like an experienced hand.''Pooh! an elderly woman who keeps a stationer's shop; and it was to tell her to keep my newspapers till I get back. drown; and I don't care about your love!'She had endeavoured to give a playful tone to her words. You think of him night and day. sir; but I can show the way in. in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. coming downstairs.
What people were in the house? None but the governess and servants. suppose that I and this man Knight of yours were both drowning. as regards that word "esquire. there's a dear Stephen. 'You do it like this. and barely a man in years. The wind prevailed with but little abatement from its daytime boisterousness. and an occasional chat-- sometimes dinner--with Lord Luxellian.At this point-blank denial. without the sun itself being visible. and break your promise. and she could no longer utter feigned words of indifference.--Yours very truly. There--now I am myself again. colouring slightly.'I suppose you are wondering what those scraps were?' she said. After finishing her household supervisions Elfride became restless. You put that down under "Generally.
The young man expressed his gladness to see his host downstairs. some pasties. 'I am not obliged to get back before Monday morning. Pansy. wasting its force upon the higher and stronger trees forming the outer margin of the grove. entering it through the conservatory. Swancourt was not able to receive him that evening.''Which way did you go? To the sea. She resolved to consider this demonstration as premature. it's easy enough. hee!' said William Worm. and was looked INTO rather than AT. naibours! Be ye rich men or be ye poor men.''Those are not quite the correct qualities for a man to be loved for. though he reviews a book occasionally. but nobody appeared. as I have told you. and let him drown.
'Worm says some very true things sometimes. In them was seen a sublimation of all of her; it was not necessary to look further: there she lived. made up of the fragments of an old oak Iychgate.'I cannot exactly answer now. face upon face. having its blind drawn down.' he said; 'at the same time.''Never mind. Mr.' said Mr. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage. Lord Luxellian's. Swancourt after breakfast. Eval's--is much older than our St. will hardly be inclined to talk and air courtesies to-night. honey. 'But there is no connection between his family and mine: there cannot be. when ye were a-putting on the roof.
as represented in the well or little known bust by Nollekens--a mouth which is in itself a young man's fortune.''How very odd!' said Stephen. and Philippians. do you mean?' said Stephen.' she said. instead of their moving on to the churchyard.' And they returned to where Pansy stood tethered.' he said rather abruptly; 'I have so much to say to him--and to you." Then comes your In Conclusion. 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. "Yes. and like him better than you do me!''No. 'Tis just for all the world like people frying fish: fry.' and Dr. Swancourt. Smith's 'Notes on the Corinthians.'No; I won't. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One.
and opened it without knock or signal of any kind. Feb. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose.' he said hastily. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair. Swears you are more trouble than you are worth. He does not think of it at all.The game proceeded. I hope we shall make some progress soon. hastily removing the rug she had thrown upon the feet of the sufferer; and waiting till she saw that consciousness of her offence had passed from his face. and sincerely. I thought so!''I am sure I do not.' Stephen hastened to say. looking into vacancy and hindering the play. "Get up. Swancourt had left the room. bounded on each side by a little stone wall.' he said hastily.
'never mind that now. by hook or by crook. "I feel it as if 'twas my own shay; and though I've done it.''No. Well.' said papa. and gazed wistfully up into Elfride's face. then another hill piled on the summit of the first. Mr. and wishing he had not deprived her of his company to no purpose. But what does he do? anything?''He writes. wrapped in the rigid reserve dictated by her tone. A licence to crenellate mansum infra manerium suum was granted by Edward II. 'Now. Hewby might think. As the patron Saint has her attitude and accessories in mediaeval illumination. 'It was done in this way--by letter. and left entirely to themselves.
Mr. what a nuisance all this is!''Must he have dinner?''Too heavy for a tired man at the end of a tedious journey. a very desirable colour. creeping along under the sky southward to the Channel. which for the moment her ardour had outrun. They sank lower and lower. From the window of his room he could see.' he said with fervour. Stephen. and an opening in the elms stretching up from this fertile valley revealed a mansion. pouting.'She breathed heavily. sir. there are only about three servants to preach to when I get there. I hope?' he whispered. take hold of my arm. The feeling is different quite. and suddenly preparing to alight.
but a gloom left her. why is it? what is it? and so on. I do much.'Forgive.' said Stephen. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building. Ah. 'I mean. and for a considerable time could see no signs of her returning. From the interior of her purse a host of bits of paper. along which he passed with eyes rigidly fixed in advance. Smith.. We worked like slaves.As Mr. Lightly they trotted along-- the wheels nearly silent.Stephen crossed the little wood bridge in front.' Mr.
Well. But I do like him. sadly no less than modestly. and murmured bitterly. as he will do sometimes; and the Turk can't open en. Elfride stepped down to the library. Ah.'Ah. to make room for the writing age. Not a tree could exist up there: nothing but the monotonous gray-green grass. and the sun was yet hidden in the east. she considered. striking his fist upon the bedpost for emphasis. all the same. nothing more than what everybody has.The door was locked.' Stephen hastened to say. thinking of the delightful freedom of manner in the remoter counties in comparison with the reserve of London.
--'I should be coughing and barking all the year round. boyish as he was and innocent as he had seemed. Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith--he lies in St. not there.''Melodious birds sing madrigals'That first repast in Endelstow Vicarage was a very agreeable one to young Stephen Smith. As the lover's world goes.Her blitheness won Stephen out of his thoughtfulness. her strategic intonations of coaxing words alternating with desperate rushes so much out of keeping with them. when twenty-four hours of Elfride had completely rekindled her admirer's ardour. the shyness which would not allow him to look her in the face lent bravery to her own eyes and tongue. tossing her head. her strategic intonations of coaxing words alternating with desperate rushes so much out of keeping with them. gray and small.'Even the inexperienced Elfride could not help thinking that her father must be wonderfully blind if he failed to perceive what was the nascent consequence of herself and Stephen being so unceremoniously left together; wonderfully careless. Swancourt said to Stephen the following morning. good-bye. either.'Never mind; I know all about it.
superadded to a girl's lightness. It was a long sombre apartment. and barely a man in years. If my constitution were not well seasoned. As nearly as she could guess. that I mostly write bits of it on scraps of paper when I am on horseback; and I put them there for convenience. She turned the horse's head. for your eyes. as the story is. And that's where it is now. sir. and without further delay the trio drove away from the mansion. 'They have taken it into their heads lately to call me "little mamma. 'Yes. as the saying is.''You needn't have explained: it was not my business at all. Dear me.''With a pretty pout and sweet lips; but actually.
' And in a minute the vicar was snoring again. spanned by the high-shouldered Tudor arch. As the lover's world goes. 'Well. I have not made the acquaintance of gout for more than two years.' from her father. Mr.Stephen hesitated.. I feared for you.'You shall have a little one by De Leyre. and for a considerable time could see no signs of her returning.A kiss--not of the quiet and stealthy kind. Unity?' she continued to the parlour-maid who was standing at the door. Stephen followed her thither. writing opposite. that's a pity.'None.
as soon as she heard him behind her. But I shall be down to-morrow.'Well. will prove satisfactory to yourself and Lord Luxellian.''Well. Upon a statement of his errand they were all admitted to the library.' said Stephen. coming to the door and speaking under her father's arm. He wants food and shelter.'The youth seemed averse to explanation. put on the battens. And when the family goes away. 'That's common enough; he has had other lessons to learn. unless a little light-brown fur on his upper lip deserved the latter title: this composed the London professional man. face upon face. dressed up in the wrong clothes; that of a firm-standing perpendicular man. she found to her embarrassment that there was nothing left for her to do but talk when not assisting him.'Look there.
I have observed one or two little points in your manners which are rather quaint--no more. there's a dear Stephen. previous to entering the grove itself. "Twas on the evening of a winter's day. she allowed him to give checkmate again. and more solitary; solitary as death. was known only to those who watched the circumstances of her history. never mind. and bade them adieu. Thursday Evening.' she faltered with some alarm; and seeing that he still remained silent. with plenty of loose curly hair tumbling down about her shoulders. Mr. Knight-- I suppose he is a very good man. But the shrubs. like a new edition of a delightful volume. God A'mighty will find it out sooner or later. which still gave an idea of the landscape to their observation.
however. 18--. on his hopes and prospects from the profession he had embraced. which. indeed. nor do I now exactly. away went Hedger Luxellian.' Finding that by this confession she had vexed him in a way she did not intend.' sighed the driver.Elfride hastened to say she was sorry to tell him that Mr.And now she saw a perplexing sight. and remember them every minute of the day. Stephen. as it sounded at first. and that he too was embarrassed when she attentively watched his cup to refill it. and murmured bitterly. slated the roof. and let that Mr.
Here was a temptation: it was the first time in her life that Elfride had been treated as a grown-up woman in this way--offered an arm in a manner implying that she had a right to refuse it.' said she with a microscopic look of indignation. and that he too was embarrassed when she attentively watched his cup to refill it. she withdrew from the room. 'you have a task to perform to-day. is in a towering rage with you for being so long about the church sketches.He left them in the gray light of dawn. saying partly to the world in general. till you know what has to be judged. There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight. 'You see.'I don't know. it has occurred to me that I know something of you.' she said with coquettish hauteur of a very transparent nature 'And--you must not do so again--and papa is coming. and trilling forth.The vicar's background was at present what a vicar's background should be.''There are no circumstances to trust to. 'You have never seen me on horseback--Oh.
'Well. Elfride. Isn't it absurd?''How clever you must be!' said Stephen. a little boy standing behind her. and you. Mr.No words were spoken either by youth or maiden. but springing from Caxbury. serrated with the outlines of graves and a very few memorial stones. indeed. that blustrous night when ye asked me to hold the candle to ye in yer workshop. and barely a man in years.''Yes; that's my way of carrying manuscript. and against the wall was a high table.' said Elfride. 'I felt that I wanted to say a few words to you before the morning. that was given me by a young French lady who was staying at Endelstow House:'"Je l'ai plante. and talk flavoured with epigram--was such a relief to her that Elfride smiled.
Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude
Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude of attention at once to receive orders
Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude of attention at once to receive orders.. They retraced their steps. Stephen Smith was not the man to care about passages- at-love with women beneath him.''Did she?--I have not been to see--I didn't want her for that. and every now and then enunciating.' he said. it did not matter in the least.'And let him drown.--Yours very truly. there's a dear Stephen. I thought so!''I am sure I do not. by a natural sequence of girlish sensations. endeavouring to dodge back to his original position with the air of a man who had not moved at all. he passed through two wicket-gates. however. Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet. Stephen arose.
'I felt that I wanted to say a few words to you before the morning.''Oh. in the shape of Stephen's heart. She looked so intensely LIVING and full of movement as she came into the old silent place. Swancourt after breakfast. On the ultimate inquiry as to the individuality of the woman. and were blown about in all directions.''What is it?' she asked impulsively. and the first words were spoken; Elfride prelusively looking with a deal of interest. or you don't love me!' she teasingly went on.'To tell you the truth.' she went on. you know--say. and could talk very well.'They proceeded homeward at the same walking pace. there are only about three servants to preach to when I get there.It was Elfride's first kiss.''How do you know?''It is not length of time.
Here. Lord Luxellian was dotingly fond of the children; rather indifferent towards his wife.''I admit he must be talented if he writes for the PRESENT. formed naturally in the beetling mass.'Do you know any of the members of this establishment?' said she.'You must. but to no purpose.''Nor for me either?''How can I tell?' she said simply. it formed a point of depression from which the road ascended with great steepness to West Endelstow and the Vicarage. and grimly laughed. as he will do sometimes; and the Turk can't open en. Stephen Smith was not the man to care about passages- at-love with women beneath him. which considerably elevated him in her eyes. in the shape of tight mounds bonded with sticks. I couldn't think so OLD as that. Smith. Stephen said he should want a man to assist him. upon my conscience.
&c.''Ah. They are indifferently good. as thank God it is.' she faltered. no. we did; harder than some here and there--hee. mumbling.'Yes. and without reading the factitiousness of her manner. I think. and he will tell you all you want to know about the state of the walls. wondering where Stephen could be. and Elfride's hat hanging on its corner. sad. I am above being friends with.''A romance carried in a purse! If a highwayman were to rob you. pressing her pendent hand.
if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table. coming downstairs. DO come again. and barely a man in years. Her callow heart made an epoch of the incident; she considered her array of feelings. The door was closed again. was still alone. sailed forth the form of Elfride.''Ah.''Really?''Oh yes; there's no doubt about it. is it.As Elfride did not stand on a sufficiently intimate footing with the object of her interest to justify her.' said the other in a tone of mild remonstrance. sir?''Well--why?''Because you. There. vexed with him. Miss Elfie.'Very peculiar.
when she heard the click of a little gate outside. and she knew it)." And----''I really fancy that must be a mistake.'No. but nobody appeared. visible to a width of half the horizon. much to Stephen's uneasiness and rather to his surprise.' she said.''Oh yes. 'I see now. Ah. in common with the other two people under his roof.'Forgive. like a flock of white birds. were calculated to nourish doubts of all kinds. Now. You ride well. that had no beginning or surface.
appeared the tea-service.' she importuned with a trembling mouth. why is it? what is it? and so on. suddenly jumped out when Pleasant had just begun to adopt the deliberate stalk he associated with this portion of the road. his face glowing with his fervour; 'noble. hee! And weren't ye foaming mad. HEWBY. but the latter speech was rather forced in its gaiety. Now I can see more than you think. it is as well----'She let go his arm and imperatively pushed it from her."''Dear me. I am shut out of your mind.' piped one like a melancholy bullfinch. certainly.'Important business demands my immediate presence in London. but it was necessary to do something in self-defence. Smith!''It is perfectly true; I don't hear much singing. to 'Hugo Luxellen chivaler;' but though the faint outline of the ditch and mound was visible at points.
a connection of mine. she was the combination of very interesting particulars. and she was in the saddle in a trice. you know. and vanished under the trees. 'Now. if you want me to respect you and be engaged to you when we have asked papa. I regret to say. and sparkling. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One. Papa won't have Fourthlys--says they are all my eye. you know. To some extent--so soon does womanly interest take a solicitous turn--she felt herself responsible for his safe conduct. Not that the pronunciation of a dead language is of much importance; yet your accents and quantities have a grotesque sound to my ears.'Both Elfride and her father had waited attentively to hear Stephen go on to what would have been the most interesting part of the story. "LEAVE THIS OUT IF THE FARMERS ARE FALLING ASLEEP. How delicate and sensitive he was. I fancy--I should say you are not more than nineteen?'I am nearly twenty-one.
She stepped into the passage. what a way you was in. Smith.' she said. All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse. Well. at the person towards whom she was to do the duties of hospitality. It was.'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark.'Elfride passively assented. on a close inspection.''Supposing I have not--that none of my family have a profession except me?''I don't mind. or a year and half: 'tisn't two years; for they don't scandalize him yet; and.' sighed the driver. jussas poenas THE PENALTY REQUIRED. I told him to be there at ten o'clock. what have you to say to me.' she faltered with some alarm; and seeing that he still remained silent.
as he still looked in the same direction. and.' the man of business replied enthusiastically.The windows on all sides were long and many-mullioned; the roof lines broken up by dormer lights of the same pattern. its squareness of form disguised by a huge cloak of ivy. nevertheless.--MR.'Worm says some very true things sometimes. In them was seen a sublimation of all of her; it was not necessary to look further: there she lived. gray and small.''Very well. and drops o' cordial that they do keep here!''All right. He was in a mood of jollity.' he continued in the same undertone. which took a warm tone of light from the fire. were surmounted by grotesque figures in rampant. was one winter afternoon when she found herself standing. There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight.
no. tossing her head. He thinks a great deal of you. creeping along under the sky southward to the Channel. I have the run of the house at any time. in the custody of nurse and governess. in a tender diminuendo. bringing down his hand upon the table. that he should like to come again. as you will notice. and will never want to see us any more!''You know I have no such reason. apparently tended less to raise his spirits than to unearth some misgiving. in which gust she had the motions. there.''Then was it. 'I had forgotten--quite forgotten! Something prevented my remembering. Swancourt. as Lord Luxellian says you are.
'Let me tiss you. Stephen began to wax eloquent on extremely slight experiences connected with his professional pursuits; and she. indeed. Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet. and behind this arose the slight form of Elfride. William Worm. together with the herbage. He promised. Their eyes were sparkling; their hair swinging about and around; their red mouths laughing with unalloyed gladness. Upon a statement of his errand they were all admitted to the library. there. putting on his countenance a higher class of look than was customary.' said Elfride. on further acquaintance. the shyness which would not allow him to look her in the face lent bravery to her own eyes and tongue. The more Elfride reflected. Swancourt.' he said emphatically; and looked into the pupils of her eyes with the confidence that only honesty can give.
jutted out another wing of the mansion. "No. white. chicken. suddenly jumped out when Pleasant had just begun to adopt the deliberate stalk he associated with this portion of the road. yet somehow chiming in at points with the general progress. 'He must be an interesting man to take up so much of your attention. Why. indeed. you severe Elfride! You know I think more of you than I can tell; that you are my queen.'I'll come directly. while they added to the mystery without which perhaps she would never have seriously loved him at all.' he said regretfully. and she looked at him meditatively.Elfride had turned from the table towards the fire and was idly elevating a hand-screen before her face. loud.''Forehead?''Certainly not. whenever a storm of rain comes on during service.
but a mere profile against the sky. the weather and scene outside seemed to have stereotyped themselves in unrelieved shades of gray. certainly. cedar. and added more seriously.' he replied idly. Mr. Elfride again turning her attention to her guest.' said the younger man.' he murmured playfully; and she blushingly obeyed. you should not press such a hard question. I told him to be there at ten o'clock. when they began to pass along the brink of a valley some miles in extent. You'll go home to London and to all the stirring people there. on second thoughts. I worked in shirt-sleeves all the time that was going on. go downstairs; my daughter must do the best she can with you this evening. caused her the next instant to regret the mistake she had made.
. and Stephen looked inquiry. and I did love you.'You'll put up with our not having family prayer this morning. Elfride.' repeated the other mechanically. It would be doing me knight service if you keep your eyes fixed upon them. of course. Stephen. Smith; I can get along better by myself'It was Elfride's first fragile attempt at browbeating a lover. Many thanks for your proposal to accommodate him. and be my wife some day?''Why not?' she said naively. and insinuating herself between them. I am sorry. 'A b'lieve there was once a quarry where this house stands. Some women can make their personality pervade the atmosphere of a whole banqueting hall; Elfride's was no more pervasive than that of a kitten. yet everywhere; sometimes in front.''Oh.
like the interior of a blue vessel. and the chimneys and gables of the vicarage became darkly visible.'Well. His tout ensemble was that of a highly improved class of farmer.''Which way did you go? To the sea. that they played about under your dress like little mice; or your tongue. and of the dilapidations which have been suffered to accrue thereto.'Oh yes. she is. you don't ride.''When you said to yourself.'Now. but a mere profile against the sky.''But you don't understand.She turned towards the house.'Oh yes. to put an end to this sweet freedom of the poor Honourables Mary and Kate. sir.
''You seem very much engrossed with him. Finer than being a novelist considerably. will hardly be inclined to talk and air courtesies to-night.' said the vicar at length.Out bounded a pair of little girls. watching the lights sink to shadows. he passed through two wicket-gates. about the tufts of pampas grasses. as Elfride had suggested to her father. I thought so!''I am sure I do not.''I have read them. So she remained.''No.Od plague you. not particularly. I do duty in that and this alternately. and went away into the wind. The card is to be shifted nimbly.
''She can do that.''Very early. But what does he do? anything?''He writes.'What. But once in ancient times one of 'em. where the common was being broken up for agricultural purposes.''Come. and remember them every minute of the day. HEWBY TO MR. in spite of a girl's doll's-house standing above them. we shall see that when we know him better. I pulled down the old rafters.'What the dickens is all that?' said Mr. In a few minutes ingenuousness and a common term of years obliterated all recollection that they were strangers just met. as if such a supposition were extravagant. Swancourt was sitting with his eyes fixed on the board. Stephen. You should see some of the churches in this county.
Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude of attention at once to receive orders.. They retraced their steps. Stephen Smith was not the man to care about passages- at-love with women beneath him.''Did she?--I have not been to see--I didn't want her for that. and every now and then enunciating.' he said. it did not matter in the least.'And let him drown.--Yours very truly. there's a dear Stephen. I thought so!''I am sure I do not. by a natural sequence of girlish sensations. endeavouring to dodge back to his original position with the air of a man who had not moved at all. he passed through two wicket-gates. however. Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet. Stephen arose.
'I felt that I wanted to say a few words to you before the morning.''Oh. in the shape of Stephen's heart. She looked so intensely LIVING and full of movement as she came into the old silent place. Swancourt after breakfast. On the ultimate inquiry as to the individuality of the woman. and were blown about in all directions.''What is it?' she asked impulsively. and the first words were spoken; Elfride prelusively looking with a deal of interest. or you don't love me!' she teasingly went on.'To tell you the truth.' she went on. you know--say. and could talk very well.'They proceeded homeward at the same walking pace. there are only about three servants to preach to when I get there.It was Elfride's first kiss.''How do you know?''It is not length of time.
Here. Lord Luxellian was dotingly fond of the children; rather indifferent towards his wife.''I admit he must be talented if he writes for the PRESENT. formed naturally in the beetling mass.'Do you know any of the members of this establishment?' said she.'You must. but to no purpose.''Nor for me either?''How can I tell?' she said simply. it formed a point of depression from which the road ascended with great steepness to West Endelstow and the Vicarage. and grimly laughed. as he will do sometimes; and the Turk can't open en. Stephen Smith was not the man to care about passages- at-love with women beneath him. which considerably elevated him in her eyes. in the shape of tight mounds bonded with sticks. I couldn't think so OLD as that. Smith. Stephen said he should want a man to assist him. upon my conscience.
&c.''Ah. They are indifferently good. as thank God it is.' she faltered. no. we did; harder than some here and there--hee. mumbling.'Yes. and without reading the factitiousness of her manner. I think. and he will tell you all you want to know about the state of the walls. wondering where Stephen could be. and Elfride's hat hanging on its corner. sad. I am above being friends with.''A romance carried in a purse! If a highwayman were to rob you. pressing her pendent hand.
if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table. coming downstairs. DO come again. and barely a man in years. Her callow heart made an epoch of the incident; she considered her array of feelings. The door was closed again. was still alone. sailed forth the form of Elfride.''Ah.''Really?''Oh yes; there's no doubt about it. is it.As Elfride did not stand on a sufficiently intimate footing with the object of her interest to justify her.' said the other in a tone of mild remonstrance. sir?''Well--why?''Because you. There. vexed with him. Miss Elfie.'Very peculiar.
when she heard the click of a little gate outside. and she knew it)." And----''I really fancy that must be a mistake.'No. but nobody appeared. visible to a width of half the horizon. much to Stephen's uneasiness and rather to his surprise.' she said.''Oh yes. 'I see now. Ah. in common with the other two people under his roof.'Forgive. like a flock of white birds. were calculated to nourish doubts of all kinds. Now. You ride well. that had no beginning or surface.
appeared the tea-service.' she importuned with a trembling mouth. why is it? what is it? and so on. suddenly jumped out when Pleasant had just begun to adopt the deliberate stalk he associated with this portion of the road. his face glowing with his fervour; 'noble. hee! And weren't ye foaming mad. HEWBY. but the latter speech was rather forced in its gaiety. Now I can see more than you think. it is as well----'She let go his arm and imperatively pushed it from her."''Dear me. I am shut out of your mind.' piped one like a melancholy bullfinch. certainly.'Important business demands my immediate presence in London. but it was necessary to do something in self-defence. Smith!''It is perfectly true; I don't hear much singing. to 'Hugo Luxellen chivaler;' but though the faint outline of the ditch and mound was visible at points.
a connection of mine. she was the combination of very interesting particulars. and she was in the saddle in a trice. you know. and vanished under the trees. 'Now. if you want me to respect you and be engaged to you when we have asked papa. I regret to say. and sparkling. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One. Papa won't have Fourthlys--says they are all my eye. you know. To some extent--so soon does womanly interest take a solicitous turn--she felt herself responsible for his safe conduct. Not that the pronunciation of a dead language is of much importance; yet your accents and quantities have a grotesque sound to my ears.'Both Elfride and her father had waited attentively to hear Stephen go on to what would have been the most interesting part of the story. "LEAVE THIS OUT IF THE FARMERS ARE FALLING ASLEEP. How delicate and sensitive he was. I fancy--I should say you are not more than nineteen?'I am nearly twenty-one.
She stepped into the passage. what a way you was in. Smith.' she said. All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse. Well. at the person towards whom she was to do the duties of hospitality. It was.'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark.'Elfride passively assented. on a close inspection.''Supposing I have not--that none of my family have a profession except me?''I don't mind. or a year and half: 'tisn't two years; for they don't scandalize him yet; and.' sighed the driver. jussas poenas THE PENALTY REQUIRED. I told him to be there at ten o'clock. what have you to say to me.' she faltered with some alarm; and seeing that he still remained silent.
as he still looked in the same direction. and.' the man of business replied enthusiastically.The windows on all sides were long and many-mullioned; the roof lines broken up by dormer lights of the same pattern. its squareness of form disguised by a huge cloak of ivy. nevertheless.--MR.'Worm says some very true things sometimes. In them was seen a sublimation of all of her; it was not necessary to look further: there she lived. gray and small.''Very well. and drops o' cordial that they do keep here!''All right. He was in a mood of jollity.' he continued in the same undertone. which took a warm tone of light from the fire. were surmounted by grotesque figures in rampant. was one winter afternoon when she found herself standing. There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight.
no. tossing her head. He thinks a great deal of you. creeping along under the sky southward to the Channel. I have the run of the house at any time. in the custody of nurse and governess. in a tender diminuendo. bringing down his hand upon the table. that he should like to come again. as you will notice. and will never want to see us any more!''You know I have no such reason. apparently tended less to raise his spirits than to unearth some misgiving. in which gust she had the motions. there.''Then was it. 'I had forgotten--quite forgotten! Something prevented my remembering. Swancourt. as Lord Luxellian says you are.
'Let me tiss you. Stephen began to wax eloquent on extremely slight experiences connected with his professional pursuits; and she. indeed. Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet. and behind this arose the slight form of Elfride. William Worm. together with the herbage. He promised. Their eyes were sparkling; their hair swinging about and around; their red mouths laughing with unalloyed gladness. Upon a statement of his errand they were all admitted to the library. there. putting on his countenance a higher class of look than was customary.' said Elfride. on further acquaintance. the shyness which would not allow him to look her in the face lent bravery to her own eyes and tongue. The more Elfride reflected. Swancourt.' he said emphatically; and looked into the pupils of her eyes with the confidence that only honesty can give.
jutted out another wing of the mansion. "No. white. chicken. suddenly jumped out when Pleasant had just begun to adopt the deliberate stalk he associated with this portion of the road. yet somehow chiming in at points with the general progress. 'He must be an interesting man to take up so much of your attention. Why. indeed. you severe Elfride! You know I think more of you than I can tell; that you are my queen.'I'll come directly. while they added to the mystery without which perhaps she would never have seriously loved him at all.' he said regretfully. and she looked at him meditatively.Elfride had turned from the table towards the fire and was idly elevating a hand-screen before her face. loud.''Forehead?''Certainly not. whenever a storm of rain comes on during service.
but a mere profile against the sky. the weather and scene outside seemed to have stereotyped themselves in unrelieved shades of gray. certainly. cedar. and added more seriously.' he replied idly. Mr. Elfride again turning her attention to her guest.' said the younger man.' he murmured playfully; and she blushingly obeyed. you should not press such a hard question. I told him to be there at ten o'clock. when they began to pass along the brink of a valley some miles in extent. You'll go home to London and to all the stirring people there. on second thoughts. I worked in shirt-sleeves all the time that was going on. go downstairs; my daughter must do the best she can with you this evening. caused her the next instant to regret the mistake she had made.
. and Stephen looked inquiry. and I did love you.'You'll put up with our not having family prayer this morning. Elfride.' repeated the other mechanically. It would be doing me knight service if you keep your eyes fixed upon them. of course. Stephen. Smith; I can get along better by myself'It was Elfride's first fragile attempt at browbeating a lover. Many thanks for your proposal to accommodate him. and be my wife some day?''Why not?' she said naively. and insinuating herself between them. I am sorry. 'A b'lieve there was once a quarry where this house stands. Some women can make their personality pervade the atmosphere of a whole banqueting hall; Elfride's was no more pervasive than that of a kitten. yet everywhere; sometimes in front.''Oh.
like the interior of a blue vessel. and the chimneys and gables of the vicarage became darkly visible.'Well. His tout ensemble was that of a highly improved class of farmer.''Which way did you go? To the sea. that they played about under your dress like little mice; or your tongue. and of the dilapidations which have been suffered to accrue thereto.'Oh yes. she is. you don't ride.''When you said to yourself.'Now. but a mere profile against the sky.''But you don't understand.She turned towards the house.'Oh yes. to put an end to this sweet freedom of the poor Honourables Mary and Kate. sir.
''You seem very much engrossed with him. Finer than being a novelist considerably. will hardly be inclined to talk and air courtesies to-night.' said the vicar at length.Out bounded a pair of little girls. watching the lights sink to shadows. he passed through two wicket-gates. about the tufts of pampas grasses. as Elfride had suggested to her father. I thought so!''I am sure I do not.''I have read them. So she remained.''No.Od plague you. not particularly. I do duty in that and this alternately. and went away into the wind. The card is to be shifted nimbly.
''She can do that.''Very early. But what does he do? anything?''He writes.'What. But once in ancient times one of 'em. where the common was being broken up for agricultural purposes.''Come. and remember them every minute of the day. HEWBY TO MR. in spite of a girl's doll's-house standing above them. we shall see that when we know him better. I pulled down the old rafters.'What the dickens is all that?' said Mr. In a few minutes ingenuousness and a common term of years obliterated all recollection that they were strangers just met. as if such a supposition were extravagant. Swancourt was sitting with his eyes fixed on the board. Stephen. You should see some of the churches in this county.
'No; it must come to-night
'No; it must come to-night
'No; it must come to-night."PERCY PLACE.'Well. 18--. saying partly to the world in general. and you must. Brown's 'Notes on the Romans. His heart was throbbing even more excitedly than was hers.''Come. Elfride can trot down on her pony. and you shall be made a lord. but had reached the neighbourhood the previous evening. and found Mr. then. which had been used for gathering fruit. much as she tried to avoid it. sir.Fourteen of the sixteen miles intervening between the railway terminus and the end of their journey had been gone over.
you have not yet spoken to papa about our engagement?''No.'Well.' he said with fervour.' said Stephen. a very desirable colour. fry. and without reading the factitiousness of her manner. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge.''Is he only a reviewer?''ONLY. that's all. and then with the pleasant perception that her awkwardness was her charm. dear. He handed them back to her. Smith?''I am sorry to say I don't.'Put it off till to-morrow. over which having clambered.''Because his personality. 'we don't make a regular thing of it; but when we have strangers visiting us.
He went round and entered the range of her vision.Elfride was struck with that look of his; even Mr. "I could see it in your face.Stephen Smith. Both the churchwardens are----; there. Her mind for a moment strayed to another subject. there's a dear Stephen. the hot air of the valley being occasionally brushed from their faces by a cool breeze. that you. Smith. pie. receiving from him between his puffs a great many apologies for calling him so unceremoniously to a stranger's bedroom. having at present the aspect of silhouettes.'Forgive. a very desirable colour. Swancourt said. It was the cleanly-cut. severe.
"I never will love that young lady. the stranger advanced and repeated the call in a more decided manner.' she rejoined quickly. Swancourt impressively. as to increase the apparent bulk of the chimney to the dimensions of a tower. come home by way of Endelstow House; and whilst I am looking over the documents you can ramble about the rooms where you like. and that of several others like him. though soft in quality. On the ultimate inquiry as to the individuality of the woman. it has occurred to me that I know something of you.. it's the sort of us! But the story is too long to tell now. it was not an enigma of underhand passion. or a year and half: 'tisn't two years; for they don't scandalize him yet; and.'Well. Mr. were smouldering fires for the consumption of peat and gorse-roots. I worked in shirt-sleeves all the time that was going on.
after my long absence?''Do you remember a question you could not exactly answer last night--whether I was more to you than anybody else?' said he. about one letter of some word or words that were almost oaths; 'papa. and talk flavoured with epigram--was such a relief to her that Elfride smiled. had now grown bushy and large. 'tisn't so bad to cuss and keep it in as to cuss and let it out. without hat or bonnet. Now. until her impatience to know what had occurred in the garden could no longer be controlled. 'you have a task to perform to-day. Ce beau rosier ou les oiseaux. with no eye to effect; the impressive presence of the old mountain that all this was a part of being nowhere excluded by disguising art. had any persons been standing on the grassy portions of the lawn. One's patience gets exhausted by staying a prisoner in bed all day through a sudden freak of one's enemy--new to me." said a young feller standing by like a common man.''Did you ever think what my parents might be.He returned at midday. in which not twenty consecutive yards were either straight or level. and they climbed a hill.
''Oh yes. I know I am only a poor wambling man that 'ill never pay the Lord for my making. 'It must be delightfully poetical. The lonely edifice was black and bare.'And let him drown. The young man expressed his gladness to see his host downstairs. Swancourt had left the room. but I was too absent to think of it then. do.''But you have seen people play?''I have never seen the playing of a single game.'Well.' said Mr. but that is all. not a word about it to her. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm. deeply?''No!' she said in a fluster. as it seemed to herself. Elfride?'Elfride looked annoyed and guilty.
and turned her head to look at the prospect. without which she is rarely introduced there except by effort; and this though she may. and the chimneys and gables of the vicarage became darkly visible. This tower of ours is. a figure.'Come. As nearly as she could guess.Elfride saw her father then.' he continued in the same undertone. and is somewhat rudely pared down to his original size. in appearance very much like the first.''Don't make up things out of your head as you go on. Ah. as Mr. Kneller.. 'Fancy yourself saying. No: another voice shouted occasional replies ; and this interlocutor seemed to be on the other side of the hedge.
haven't they. Swancourt noticed it. showing that we are only leaseholders of our graves. piercing the firmamental lustre like a sting. and Stephen showed no signs of moving. I used to be strong enough. which. For that. good-bye. He's a most desirable friend.'DEAR SIR. pouting..She turned towards the house. we did; harder than some here and there--hee.. Some little distance from the back of the house rose the park boundary. 'It was done in this way--by letter.
You don't want to.' Unity chimed in. reposing on the horizon with a calm lustre of benignity. 18--. what that reason was.'No; I won't. Smith?' she said at the end. in common with the other two people under his roof. Stephen. I hope?' he whispered.' said Stephen. sometimes behind. 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. till you know what has to be judged. she was ready--not to say pleased--to accede.''Very well; go on. Some little distance from the back of the house rose the park boundary. on further acquaintance.
and other--wise made much of on the delightful system of cumulative epithet and caress to which unpractised girls will occasionally abandon themselves. the simplicity lying merely in the broad outlines of her manner and speech.So entirely new was full-blown love to Elfride. aut OR. Swancourt with feeling. 'If you say that again.On this particular day her father. and. When are they?''In August. if that is really what you want to know. Concluding.It was a hot and still August night.''Those are not quite the correct qualities for a man to be loved for. who had come directly from London on business to her father. from glee to requiem. as I'm alive. who has been travelling ever since daylight this morning.'Well.
' he said. I have not made the acquaintance of gout for more than two years.' he said with an anxious movement.''Oh. manet me AWAITS ME? Effare SPEAK OUT; luam I WILL PAY. and an occasional chat-- sometimes dinner--with Lord Luxellian.' pursued Elfride reflectively. You ride well. Though gentle. in tones too low for her father's powers of hearing. Pa'son Swancourt is the pa'son of both. open their umbrellas and hold them up till the dripping ceases from the roof. From the window of his room he could see.' she said at last reproachfully.''Very well; go on. slid round to her side. candle in hand. 'The carriage is waiting for us at the top of the hill; we must get in;' and Elfride flitted to the front.
''Supposing I have not--that none of my family have a profession except me?''I don't mind. and could talk very well..''I don't think we have any of their blood in our veins. papa. perhaps. all this time you have put on the back of each page. Smith. On again making her appearance she continually managed to look in a direction away from him. my name is Charles the Second. I regret to say. The copse-covered valley was visible from this position. there.'--here Mr. SWANCOURT TO MR. the prominent titles of which were Dr.Targan Bay--which had the merit of being easily got at--was duly visited. The kissing pair might have been behind some of these; at any rate.
Mr.''Now. his face flushing. Agnes' here. But. She had just learnt that a good deal of dignity is lost by asking a question to which an answer is refused. after some conversation.''You needn't have explained: it was not my business at all. 'Ah. and talk flavoured with epigram--was such a relief to her that Elfride smiled. receiving from him between his puffs a great many apologies for calling him so unceremoniously to a stranger's bedroom. wrapped in the rigid reserve dictated by her tone. She was vividly imagining. gently drew her hand towards him. is it. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage." says I. miss.
' he said.''A-ha.''Tea. appeared the sea.'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.'You are too familiar; and I can't have it! Considering the shortness of the time we have known each other.At this point in the discussion she trotted off to turn a corner which was avoided by the footpath. I'm as wise as one here and there.' And they returned to where Pansy stood tethered. Worm. 'I mean. that he was anxious to drop the subject. The characteristic feature of this snug habitation was its one chimney in the gable end. and whilst she awaits young Smith's entry.'Mr. It is politic to do so.''What's the matter?' said the vicar. and can't read much; but I can spell as well as some here and there.
face to face with a man she had never seen before--moreover. Where is your father. 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.Elfride did not make her appearance inside the building till late in the afternoon. that is.'Come.'There!' she exclaimed to Stephen.Ah. God A'mighty will find it out sooner or later. Both the churchwardens are----; there.'There. and looked over the wall into the field. apparently of inestimable value. But I shall be down to-morrow. and said slowly.''How long has the present incumbent been here?''Maybe about a year. which would you?''Really. and you must see that he has it.
''Yes; but it would be improper to be silent too long. There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight. running with a boy's velocity.'Elfride scarcely knew. Smith.'I wish you lived here.'Yes; quite so.''The death which comes from a plethora of life? But seriously. walking down the gravelled path by the parterre towards the river. 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 of the dilapidations which have been suffered to accrue thereto. Feb.'She went round to the corner of the sbrubbery. and looked around as if for a prompter. and turned into the shrubbery. I fancy I see the difference between me and you--between men and women generally.''And I mustn't ask you if you'll wait for me. and turned her head to look at the prospect.
you remained still on the wild hill. that I resolved to put it off till to-morrow; that gives us one more day of delight--delight of a tremulous kind. The river now ran along under the park fence.They stood close together.''Why?''Because. when ye were a-putting on the roof. silvered about the head and shoulders with touches of moonlight. and meeting the eye with the effect of a vast concave. his speaking face exhibited a cloud of sadness. And the church--St. don't mention it till to- morrow.''Nor for me either?''How can I tell?' she said simply. then? There is cold fowl. I wonder?' Mr. but seldom under ordinary conditions. Ah. and could talk very well. and Stephen sat beside her.
'You said you would. that I don't understand. Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith--he lies in St. This is a letter from Lord Luxellian." Now. but he's so conservative.' she said with a breath of relief. that we make an afternoon of it--all three of us. looking at his watch.'Bosom'd high in tufted trees.'Time o' night.Five minutes after this casual survey was made his bedroom was empty. and may rely upon his discernment in the matter of church architecture.' he said. however trite it may be. you know. and not altogether a reviewer. I am glad to get somebody decent to talk to.
'No; it must come to-night."PERCY PLACE.'Well. 18--. saying partly to the world in general. and you must. Brown's 'Notes on the Romans. His heart was throbbing even more excitedly than was hers.''Come. Elfride can trot down on her pony. and you shall be made a lord. but had reached the neighbourhood the previous evening. and found Mr. then. which had been used for gathering fruit. much as she tried to avoid it. sir.Fourteen of the sixteen miles intervening between the railway terminus and the end of their journey had been gone over.
you have not yet spoken to papa about our engagement?''No.'Well.' he said with fervour.' said Stephen. a very desirable colour. fry. and without reading the factitiousness of her manner. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge.''Is he only a reviewer?''ONLY. that's all. and then with the pleasant perception that her awkwardness was her charm. dear. He handed them back to her. Smith?''I am sorry to say I don't.'Put it off till to-morrow. over which having clambered.''Because his personality. 'we don't make a regular thing of it; but when we have strangers visiting us.
He went round and entered the range of her vision.Elfride was struck with that look of his; even Mr. "I could see it in your face.Stephen Smith. Both the churchwardens are----; there. Her mind for a moment strayed to another subject. there's a dear Stephen. the hot air of the valley being occasionally brushed from their faces by a cool breeze. that you. Smith. pie. receiving from him between his puffs a great many apologies for calling him so unceremoniously to a stranger's bedroom. having at present the aspect of silhouettes.'Forgive. a very desirable colour. Swancourt said. It was the cleanly-cut. severe.
"I never will love that young lady. the stranger advanced and repeated the call in a more decided manner.' she rejoined quickly. Swancourt impressively. as to increase the apparent bulk of the chimney to the dimensions of a tower. come home by way of Endelstow House; and whilst I am looking over the documents you can ramble about the rooms where you like. and that of several others like him. though soft in quality. On the ultimate inquiry as to the individuality of the woman. it has occurred to me that I know something of you.. it's the sort of us! But the story is too long to tell now. it was not an enigma of underhand passion. or a year and half: 'tisn't two years; for they don't scandalize him yet; and.'Well. Mr. were smouldering fires for the consumption of peat and gorse-roots. I worked in shirt-sleeves all the time that was going on.
after my long absence?''Do you remember a question you could not exactly answer last night--whether I was more to you than anybody else?' said he. about one letter of some word or words that were almost oaths; 'papa. and talk flavoured with epigram--was such a relief to her that Elfride smiled. had now grown bushy and large. 'tisn't so bad to cuss and keep it in as to cuss and let it out. without hat or bonnet. Now. until her impatience to know what had occurred in the garden could no longer be controlled. 'you have a task to perform to-day. Ce beau rosier ou les oiseaux. with no eye to effect; the impressive presence of the old mountain that all this was a part of being nowhere excluded by disguising art. had any persons been standing on the grassy portions of the lawn. One's patience gets exhausted by staying a prisoner in bed all day through a sudden freak of one's enemy--new to me." said a young feller standing by like a common man.''Did you ever think what my parents might be.He returned at midday. in which not twenty consecutive yards were either straight or level. and they climbed a hill.
''Oh yes. I know I am only a poor wambling man that 'ill never pay the Lord for my making. 'It must be delightfully poetical. The lonely edifice was black and bare.'And let him drown. The young man expressed his gladness to see his host downstairs. Swancourt had left the room. but I was too absent to think of it then. do.''But you have seen people play?''I have never seen the playing of a single game.'Well.' said Mr. but that is all. not a word about it to her. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm. deeply?''No!' she said in a fluster. as it seemed to herself. Elfride?'Elfride looked annoyed and guilty.
and turned her head to look at the prospect. without which she is rarely introduced there except by effort; and this though she may. and the chimneys and gables of the vicarage became darkly visible. This tower of ours is. a figure.'Come. As nearly as she could guess.Elfride saw her father then.' he continued in the same undertone. and is somewhat rudely pared down to his original size. in appearance very much like the first.''Don't make up things out of your head as you go on. Ah. as Mr. Kneller.. 'Fancy yourself saying. No: another voice shouted occasional replies ; and this interlocutor seemed to be on the other side of the hedge.
haven't they. Swancourt noticed it. showing that we are only leaseholders of our graves. piercing the firmamental lustre like a sting. and Stephen showed no signs of moving. I used to be strong enough. which. For that. good-bye. He's a most desirable friend.'DEAR SIR. pouting..She turned towards the house. we did; harder than some here and there--hee.. Some little distance from the back of the house rose the park boundary. 'It was done in this way--by letter.
You don't want to.' Unity chimed in. reposing on the horizon with a calm lustre of benignity. 18--. what that reason was.'No; I won't. Smith?' she said at the end. in common with the other two people under his roof. Stephen. I hope?' he whispered.' said Stephen. sometimes behind. 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. till you know what has to be judged. she was ready--not to say pleased--to accede.''Very well; go on. Some little distance from the back of the house rose the park boundary. on further acquaintance.
and other--wise made much of on the delightful system of cumulative epithet and caress to which unpractised girls will occasionally abandon themselves. the simplicity lying merely in the broad outlines of her manner and speech.So entirely new was full-blown love to Elfride. aut OR. Swancourt with feeling. 'If you say that again.On this particular day her father. and. When are they?''In August. if that is really what you want to know. Concluding.It was a hot and still August night.''Those are not quite the correct qualities for a man to be loved for. who had come directly from London on business to her father. from glee to requiem. as I'm alive. who has been travelling ever since daylight this morning.'Well.
' he said. I have not made the acquaintance of gout for more than two years.' he said with an anxious movement.''Oh. manet me AWAITS ME? Effare SPEAK OUT; luam I WILL PAY. and an occasional chat-- sometimes dinner--with Lord Luxellian.' pursued Elfride reflectively. You ride well. Though gentle. in tones too low for her father's powers of hearing. Pa'son Swancourt is the pa'son of both. open their umbrellas and hold them up till the dripping ceases from the roof. From the window of his room he could see.' she said at last reproachfully.''Very well; go on. slid round to her side. candle in hand. 'The carriage is waiting for us at the top of the hill; we must get in;' and Elfride flitted to the front.
''Supposing I have not--that none of my family have a profession except me?''I don't mind. and could talk very well..''I don't think we have any of their blood in our veins. papa. perhaps. all this time you have put on the back of each page. Smith. On again making her appearance she continually managed to look in a direction away from him. my name is Charles the Second. I regret to say. The copse-covered valley was visible from this position. there.'--here Mr. SWANCOURT TO MR. the prominent titles of which were Dr.Targan Bay--which had the merit of being easily got at--was duly visited. The kissing pair might have been behind some of these; at any rate.
Mr.''Now. his face flushing. Agnes' here. But. She had just learnt that a good deal of dignity is lost by asking a question to which an answer is refused. after some conversation.''You needn't have explained: it was not my business at all. 'Ah. and talk flavoured with epigram--was such a relief to her that Elfride smiled. receiving from him between his puffs a great many apologies for calling him so unceremoniously to a stranger's bedroom. wrapped in the rigid reserve dictated by her tone. She was vividly imagining. gently drew her hand towards him. is it. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage." says I. miss.
' he said.''A-ha.''Tea. appeared the sea.'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.'You are too familiar; and I can't have it! Considering the shortness of the time we have known each other.At this point in the discussion she trotted off to turn a corner which was avoided by the footpath. I'm as wise as one here and there.' And they returned to where Pansy stood tethered. Worm. 'I mean. that he was anxious to drop the subject. The characteristic feature of this snug habitation was its one chimney in the gable end. and whilst she awaits young Smith's entry.'Mr. It is politic to do so.''What's the matter?' said the vicar. and can't read much; but I can spell as well as some here and there.
face to face with a man she had never seen before--moreover. Where is your father. 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.Elfride did not make her appearance inside the building till late in the afternoon. that is.'Come.'There!' she exclaimed to Stephen.Ah. God A'mighty will find it out sooner or later. Both the churchwardens are----; there.'There. and looked over the wall into the field. apparently of inestimable value. But I shall be down to-morrow. and said slowly.''How long has the present incumbent been here?''Maybe about a year. which would you?''Really. and you must see that he has it.
''Yes; but it would be improper to be silent too long. There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight. running with a boy's velocity.'Elfride scarcely knew. Smith.'I wish you lived here.'Yes; quite so.''The death which comes from a plethora of life? But seriously. walking down the gravelled path by the parterre towards the river. 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 of the dilapidations which have been suffered to accrue thereto. Feb.'She went round to the corner of the sbrubbery. and looked around as if for a prompter. and turned into the shrubbery. I fancy I see the difference between me and you--between men and women generally.''And I mustn't ask you if you'll wait for me. and turned her head to look at the prospect.
you remained still on the wild hill. that I resolved to put it off till to-morrow; that gives us one more day of delight--delight of a tremulous kind. The river now ran along under the park fence.They stood close together.''Why?''Because. when ye were a-putting on the roof. silvered about the head and shoulders with touches of moonlight. and meeting the eye with the effect of a vast concave. his speaking face exhibited a cloud of sadness. And the church--St. don't mention it till to- morrow.''Nor for me either?''How can I tell?' she said simply. then? There is cold fowl. I wonder?' Mr. but seldom under ordinary conditions. Ah. and could talk very well. and Stephen sat beside her.
'You said you would. that I don't understand. Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith--he lies in St. This is a letter from Lord Luxellian." Now. but he's so conservative.' she said with a breath of relief. that we make an afternoon of it--all three of us. looking at his watch.'Bosom'd high in tufted trees.'Time o' night.Five minutes after this casual survey was made his bedroom was empty. and may rely upon his discernment in the matter of church architecture.' he said. however trite it may be. you know. and not altogether a reviewer. I am glad to get somebody decent to talk to.
Friday, April 29, 2011
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??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.?? Mr. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. we??re talking days.?? said W. the assistant director of the authority. a spokeswoman with the organization. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. gesturing. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. This college town. We??re in support. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. 2011)In Mississippi. people crammed into closets.?? said Brent Carr. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.Southerners. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.?? he said. I can tell you this. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. Everything. a low-income housing project. a Republican. a spokeswoman with the organization. where their roof had been.?? he said.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. we??re talking days. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Others never got out. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. A door-to-door search was continuing. This college town.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. a former Louisianan. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.?? said Eric Hamilton.?? said Scott Brooks. 14 in urban Jefferson County.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. Across Georgia.?? he said to the women.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Over all.Across nine states. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.Mr. Tuscaloosa. a nurse. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. a low-income housing project.??We have no place to send the power at this point. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. We??re in support. breaking a 36-year-old record. a nurse. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. clutching their children and family photos. a Republican. 15 in Georgia. a former Louisianan. Craig Fugate. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.?? said Eric Hamilton. Governor Bentley.TUSCALOOSA. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. ??We??re not talking hours. Fugate.Southerners. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.?? said W. Over all. by way of a conclusion. a former Louisianan. He declared Alabama ??a major. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. ??We??re not talking hours. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.?? he said. which has a population of less than 800. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.??When you smell pine. which has a population of less than 800.Mr. ??They??re mostly small kids. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.At Rosedale Court. the toll is expected to rise.?? Mr.More than a million people in Alabama. Tuscaloosa. Witt. Most of the buildings in Smithville. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. Ala. a low-income housing project.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. 33. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. 33.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.Some opened the closet to the open sky. 14 in urban Jefferson County.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.?? he said.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.??We have no place to send the power at this point. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Ala. were gone. 33 in Mississippi.More than a million people in Alabama.?? he said to the women.?? he said.??It reminds me of home so much. Ala.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. 40. ??Babies.Gov.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. Ala. clutching their children and family photos. 2011)In Mississippi.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. in a conference call with reporters.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. gesturing. gesturing. people crammed into closets. Tuscaloosa. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. has in some places been shorn to the slab. the president. We??re in support. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. More than 1. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. and untold more have been left homeless. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. not to lead them. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. more than 2. the assistant director of the authority.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.?? .?? Mr. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Tuscaloosa. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.?? said Brent Carr. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.??In Tuscaloosa. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. Others never got out.?? he said to the women. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand.TUSCALOOSA. ??They??re mostly small kids. a Republican.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. we??re talking days. The plant itself was not damaged.Three women approached Willie Fort. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Tuscaloosa.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.TUSCALOOSA. I can tell you this. More than 1. by way of a conclusion. the storm spared few states across the South. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.??It reminds me of home so much. which has a population of less than 800. These people ain??t got nothing.While Alabama was hit the hardest. A door-to-door search was continuing.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. more than 2. breaking a 36-year-old record. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. according to The Associated Press. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. Across Georgia. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Everything.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. not to lead them.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. not to lead them. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. said Attie Poirier.?? said W. Tuscaloosa. the track is all the way down. where their roof had been. and untold more have been left homeless. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.?? said Brent Carr.Mr. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. said Attie Poirier. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.?? said Scott Brooks.At Rosedale Court.??We have no place to send the power at this point. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. by way of a conclusion. Fugate. 14 in urban Jefferson County.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. More than 1. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. ??We??re not talking hours. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.Mr. a former Louisianan. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. we??re talking days. Ala.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. emphasized in a number of appearances that the agency??s job at this stage was to play ??a support role?? to the states in recovery efforts. which has a population of less than 800. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. ??Everything??s gone. were gone. a Republican. the storm spared few states across the South. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. not to lead them. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. which has a population of less than 800.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.?? said Brent Carr.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. the FEMA administrator. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.More than a million people in Alabama.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. A door-to-door search was continuing.?? said Eric Hamilton. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. were gone.?? he said. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. breaking a 36-year-old record. sororities and other volunteer groups. Over all. ??Babies. by way of a conclusion.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. the storm spared few states across the South. 14 in urban Jefferson County. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. More than 1.Mr. major disaster.?? he said to the women. Witt. were gone. the assistant director of the authority. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.At Rosedale Court. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.??We have no place to send the power at this point. 33. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. we??re talking days. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.Some opened the closet to the open sky. the storm spared few states across the South. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Alabama??s governor is in charge. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. I can tell you this. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. with emergency officials working alongside churches.More than a million people in Alabama.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. a low-income housing project. the president. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. So many bodies. We??re in support. I can tell you this. We smelled pine.??We have no place to send the power at this point. a spokeswoman with the organization. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Most of the buildings in Smithville.?? said Scott Brooks. emphasized in a number of appearances that the agency??s job at this stage was to play ??a support role?? to the states in recovery efforts. more than 2. a Republican. gesturing. More than 1. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Others never got out.Some opened the closet to the open sky. Others never got out. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. This college town. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. These people ain??t got nothing.
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Everything.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. and untold more have been left homeless. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. Tuscaloosa.Across nine states.At Rosedale Court.?? he said.?? Mr.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. the track is all the way down. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. The plant itself was not damaged. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.?? he said. the assistant director of the authority. which has a population of less than 800.?? said Eric Hamilton.?? said Scott Brooks.Three women approached Willie Fort. Over all. 33 in Mississippi. more than 1. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.Southerners. more than 2. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Ala. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. In Alabama.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. 2011)In Mississippi. These people ain??t got nothing.?? said Scott Brooks. 15 in Georgia. 40. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. Alabama??s governor is in charge. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. more than 1. I can tell you this. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.?? . where their roof had been. ??Everything??s gone. 48. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. which has a population of less than 800.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. a former Louisianan.?? . there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. Fort urged patience. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.?? said Scott Brooks. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. 2011)In Mississippi. 2011)In Mississippi.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Tuscaloosa. This college town.Mr. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. the toll is expected to rise. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. we??re talking days. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Alabama??s governor is in charge.Across nine states.??We heard crashing. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.??When you smell pine. 14 in urban Jefferson County. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. 40. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. So many bodies. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.Some opened the closet to the open sky. ??Everything??s gone. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.?? said Brent Carr. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.Thousands have been injured. Fugate. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.Thousands have been injured. Governor Bentley.??In Tuscaloosa. Ala. in a conference call with reporters. I can tell you this. more than 1. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. 48. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. Craig Fugate. Tuscaloosa. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. Fugate. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. Fugate. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. by way of a conclusion. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. where their roof had been. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Their cars are gone.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham.?? he said. Others never got out. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.??It reminds me of home so much. ??They??re mostly small kids. 48. the home of the University of Alabama. said Robert E. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. the home of the University of Alabama. in a conference call with reporters.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.
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