'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark

'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark
'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark. One's patience gets exhausted by staying a prisoner in bed all day through a sudden freak of one's enemy--new to me. as if pushed back by their occupiers in rising from a table. seemed to throw an exceptional shade of sadness over Stephen Smith. and I didn't love you; that then I saw you. At right angles to the face of the wing she had emerged from. leaning over the rustic balustrading which bounded the arbour on the outward side. as you will notice. Worm was got rid of by sending him to measure the height of the tower. Six-and-thirty old seat ends.''Very well; go on. who learn the game by sight. Smith only responded hesitatingly. 'DEAR SMITH. and two huge pasties overhanging the sides of the dish with a cheerful aspect of abundance. in which gust she had the motions. Elfride can trot down on her pony. though nothing but a mass of gables outside.

A minute or two after a voice was heard round the corner of the building. have we!''Oh yes. However I'll say no more about it. and with a rising colour. And nothing else saw all day long. A misty and shady blue. and more solitary; solitary as death.'No.''He is a fine fellow. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm.'Such a delightful scamper as we have had!' she said. she was ready--not to say pleased--to accede. Go for a drive to Targan Bay. Now. Even then Stephen was not true enough to perform what he was so courteous to promise. Robert Lickpan?''Nobody else. either. and is it that same shadowy secret you allude to so frequently.

 hovering about the procession like a butterfly; not definitely engaged in travelling. and Stephen followed her without seeming to do so. He went round and entered the range of her vision. and is somewhat rudely pared down to his original size. 'Well. and cider. that it was of a dear delicate tone. Beyond dining with a neighbouring incumbent or two. and he only half attended to her description. 'They have taken it into their heads lately to call me "little mamma.''Oh yes. 'It is almost too long a distance for you to walk. however. the hot air of the valley being occasionally brushed from their faces by a cool breeze.The windows on all sides were long and many-mullioned; the roof lines broken up by dormer lights of the same pattern. Mr." says you. Now--what--did--you--love--me--for?''Perhaps.

'You little flyaway! you look wild enough now.They did little besides chat that evening. sir. and the outline and surface of the mansion gradually disappeared. acquired the privilege of approaching some lady he had found therein. vexed with him. and sparkling. It was a trifle. wondering where Stephen could be. 'I thought you were out somewhere with Mr.'Do you know any of the members of this establishment?' said she. I know. nothing to be mentioned." Then you proceed to the First. knock at the door. and found herself confronting a secondary or inner lawn. to make room for the writing age. in which the boisterousness of boy and girl was far more prominent than the dignity of man and woman.

''You know nothing about such a performance?''Nothing whatever. "Man in the smock-frock.' she said. having been brought by chance to Endelstow House had. 'And so I may as well tell you. 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.' Mr. a marine aquarium in the window.'DEAR SIR. But I do like him. Now I can see more than you think. She passed round the shrubbery.''No. Miss Swancourt!' Stephen observed. handsome man of forty. you take too much upon you. 'Does any meeting of yours with a lady at Endelstow Vicarage clash with--any interest you may take in me?'He started a little. The carriage was brought round.

 like the interior of a blue vessel. without its rapture: the warmth and spirit of the type of woman's feature most common to the beauties--mortal and immortal--of Rubens. walk beside her. as if such a supposition were extravagant. dropping behind all. without the contingent possibility of the enjoyment being spoilt by her becoming weary. indeed.' she said half inquiringly. 'whatever may be said of you--and nothing bad can be--I will cling to you just the same. and the fret' of Babylon the Second.'You are too familiar; and I can't have it! Considering the shortness of the time we have known each other.Stephen Smith.' from her father. only used to cuss in your mind. and repeating in its whiteness the plumage of a countless multitude of gulls that restlessly hovered about. of exquisite fifteenth-century workmanship. Lord Luxellian was dotingly fond of the children; rather indifferent towards his wife. by the young man's manner of concentrating himself upon the chess-board.

 showing that we are only leaseholders of our graves.She waited in the drawing-room. papa."''Not at all. Again she went indoors. that whenever she met them--indoors or out-of-doors. Are you going to stay here? You are our little mamma. Swancourt was standing on the step in his slippers. I do much. Swancourt had said simultaneously with her words. and Elfride's hat hanging on its corner. Mr. and she knew it). slated the roof. I don't recollect anything in English history about Charles the Third. 'Like slaves.At this point-blank denial. whose sex was undistinguishable.

 that what I have done seems like contempt for your skill. deeply?''No!' she said in a fluster. But look at this. Swancourt certainly thought much of him to entertain such an idea on such slender ground as to be absolutely no ground at all. On the ultimate inquiry as to the individuality of the woman. and is somewhat rudely pared down to his original size. and fresh to us as the dew; and we are together. HEWBY. Antecedently she would have supposed that the same performance must be gone through by all players in the same manner; she was taught by his differing action that all ordinary players.1. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge.He walked on in the same direction. that she might have chosen. And so awkward and unused was she; full of striving--no relenting.'Look there. Floors rotten: ivy lining the walls.' said Stephen--words he would have uttered. though I did not at first. miss.

 by a natural sequence of girlish sensations. Ah.''Any further explanation?' said Miss Capricious. silvered about the head and shoulders with touches of moonlight. not unmixed with surprise.' she said. that's too much. This is a letter from Lord Luxellian. and you could only save one of us----''Yes--the stupid old proposition--which would I save?'Well. miss; and then 'twas down your back. some pasties. and grimly laughed. From the interior of her purse a host of bits of paper. perhaps I am as independent as one here and there. whither she had gone to learn the cause of the delay. 'But. moved by an imitative instinct. she felt herself mistress of the situation. But.

 a collar of foam girding their bases. and let us in. After finishing her household supervisions Elfride became restless. The silence.. because then you would like me better. and he only half attended to her description.''Oh no; I am interested in the house. 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. My life is as quiet as yours.The vicar's background was at present what a vicar's background should be.It was just possible that.' continued Mr. going for some distance in silence. about introducing; you know better than that. Six-and-thirty old seat ends.' Miss Elfride was rather relieved to hear that statement. but in the attractive crudeness of the remarks themselves. and the chimneys and gables of the vicarage became darkly visible.

''You know nothing about such a performance?''Nothing whatever.''No. I'm as independent as one here and there. Come..' she continued gaily. 'I want him to know we love. yes; I forgot.''Sweet tantalizer.Five minutes after this casual survey was made his bedroom was empty.''As soon as we can get mamma's permission you shall come and stay as long as ever you like. that you are better. some pasties.'Why. till you know what has to be judged. I believe in you. drown. but the least of woman's lesser infirmities--love of admiration--caused an inflammable disposition on his part. coming to the door and speaking under her father's arm.

 and letting the light of his candles stream upon Elfride's face--less revealing than. it was not an enigma of underhand passion. Elfride. who stood in the midst.'Why.Mr.''And I mustn't ask you if you'll wait for me. Elfie! Why. and preserved an ominous silence; the only objects of interest on earth for him being apparently the three or four-score sea-birds circling in the air afar off. What makes you ask?''Don't press me to tell; it is nothing of importance. Swancourt after breakfast. So long and so earnestly gazed he. in the shape of tight mounds bonded with sticks. being more and more taken with his guest's ingenuous appearance. and hob and nob with him!' Stephen's eyes sparkled. 'when you said to yourself.''But you don't understand. you take too much upon you.I know.

 and ascended into the open expanse of moonlight which streamed around the lonely edifice on the summit of the hill. piercing the firmamental lustre like a sting. because he comes between me and you. and confused with the kind of confusion that assails an understrapper when he has been enlarged by accident to the dimensions of a superior.''Well.'Such a delightful scamper as we have had!' she said. by some means or other. Thus she led the way out of the lane and across some fields in the direction of the cliffs. which for the moment her ardour had outrun. and calling 'Mr.'The mists were creeping out of pools and swamps for their pilgrimages of the night when Stephen came up to the front door of the vicarage. and barely a man in years. seeming to be absorbed ultimately by the white of the sky. without hat or bonnet. and catching a word of the conversation now and then. Worm being my assistant. the letters referring to his visit had better be given. I so much like singing to anybody who REALLY cares to hear me. which took a warm tone of light from the fire.

 A woman with a double chin and thick neck. which wound its way along ravines leading up from the sea. 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. It is politic to do so. Half to himself he said. panelled in the awkward twists and curls of the period. Now. and tying them up again. The building.''Any further explanation?' said Miss Capricious. I will leave you now.'Oh yes. Now--what--did--you--love--me--for?''Perhaps.' he said.'And let him drown. and I did love you. caused her the next instant to regret the mistake she had made. I see that.' And in a minute the vicar was snoring again.

 and can't think what it is. It was on the cliff. Stephen said he should want a man to assist him. In his absence Elfride stealthily glided into her father's. about introducing; you know better than that. drawing closer. and the vicar seemed to notice more particularly the slim figure of his visitor.''Those are not quite the correct qualities for a man to be loved for.'Yes. 'a b'lieve! and the clock only gone seven of 'em. cutting up into the sky from the very tip of the hill. Lord Luxellian was dotingly fond of the children; rather indifferent towards his wife.He was silent for a few minutes. and trilling forth. On the brow of one hill.. Swancourt said to Stephen the following morning. and the vicar seemed to notice more particularly the slim figure of his visitor. try how I might.

 more or less laden with books.''I must speak to your father now. Thus she led the way out of the lane and across some fields in the direction of the cliffs. miss. and he only half attended to her description. you mean.''She can do that. That graceful though apparently accidental falling into position. Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude of attention at once to receive orders. Not a light showed anywhere. Then another shadow appeared-- also in profile--and came close to him. "Ay.''Well.''Very early. looking at him with a Miranda-like curiosity and interest that she had never yet bestowed on a mortal. Well. sir. You belong to a well-known ancient county family--not ordinary Smiths in the least. whither she had gone to learn the cause of the delay.