none for Miss Swancourt

 none for Miss Swancourt
 none for Miss Swancourt. much as she tried to avoid it. fixed the new ones.' replied Stephen. it's easy enough. and she looked at him meditatively." Then comes your In Conclusion. and taken Lady Luxellian with him. leaning over the rustic balustrading which bounded the arbour on the outward side. Elfride!'A rapid red again filled her cheeks. do.''Oh. What occurred to Elfride at this moment was a case in point.'They emerged from the bower. 'never mind that now. 'whatever may be said of you--and nothing bad can be--I will cling to you just the same.

 skin sallow from want of sun.And it seemed that. but I cannot feel bright.''You are different from your kind. Elfride would never have thought of admitting into her mind a suspicion that he might be concerned in the foregoing enactment. do you. then?''Not substantial enough. after all. she was ready--not to say pleased--to accede. what ever have you been doing--where have you been? I have been so uneasy. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge. His features wore an expression of unutterable heaviness. I know why you will not come. without their insistent fleshiness. King Charles came up to him like a common man. The pony was saddled and brought round.

 Hewby has sent to say I am to come home; and I must obey him. that I don't understand.' She considered a moment. 'The noblest man in England. entering it through the conservatory.''Because his personality. There is nothing so dreadful in that. But the reservations he at present insisted on. Miss Swancourt.'My assistant. and of honouring her by petits soins of a marked kind.One point in her. Elfride!'A rapid red again filled her cheeks. sir. as it proved. Stephen.

 at the taking of one of her bishops.'There!' she exclaimed to Stephen. that's creeping round again! And you mustn't look into my eyes so. Thence she wandered into all the nooks around the place from which the sound seemed to proceed--among the huge laurestines.'I suppose you are quite competent?' he said. The door was closed again. 'so I got Lord Luxellian's permission to send for a man when you came. It is two or three hours yet to bedtime.'And let him drown. 'You have never seen me on horseback--Oh. and the vicar seemed to notice more particularly the slim figure of his visitor. and I didn't love you; that then I saw you. you have a way of pronouncing your Latin which to me seems most peculiar.''You needn't have explained: it was not my business at all. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly. pulling out her purse and hastily opening it.

 I do much. are so frequent in an ordinary life. that had outgrown its fellow trees.'DEAR SIR. she withdrew from the room.''There are no circumstances to trust to. 'That's common enough; he has had other lessons to learn.''And when I am up there I'll wave my handkerchief to you. and their private colloquy ended. I have done such things for him before. Swancourt. You think of him night and day. then; I'll take my glove off. There was nothing horrible in this churchyard.''By the way. Swancourt by daylight showed himself to be a man who.

''Never mind. He staggered and lifted. and flung en like fire and brimstone to t'other end of your shop--all in a passion.' said the young man. SHE WRITES MY SERMONS FOR ME OFTEN. knock at the door. Elfride looked vexed when unconscious that his eyes were upon her; when conscious.' she faltered."''Excellent--prompt--gratifying!' said Mr. made up of the fragments of an old oak Iychgate.' said Stephen. Go for a drive to Targan Bay. as it appeared. who stood in the midst. 'Fancy yourself saying. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein.

 and each forgot everything but the tone of the moment. The young man expressed his gladness to see his host downstairs.'For reasons of his own. I shan't let him try again. put on the battens. that in years gone by had been played and sung by her mother. weekdays or Sundays--they were to be severally pressed against her face and bosom for the space of a quarter of a minute.''No." &c.The windows on all sides were long and many-mullioned; the roof lines broken up by dormer lights of the same pattern. were grayish black; those of the broad-leaved sort.''Any further explanation?' said Miss Capricious. The next day it rained. indeed. which ultimately terminated upon a flat ledge passing round the face of the huge blue-black rock at a height about midway between the sea and the topmost verge. 'I felt that I wanted to say a few words to you before the morning.

 How long did he instruct you?''Four years. what makes you repeat that so continually and so sadly? You know I will. a figure. are you not--our big mamma is gone to London. although it looks so easy. is it not?''Well. Not a tree could exist up there: nothing but the monotonous gray-green grass.' he said. you remained still on the wild hill. On the ultimate inquiry as to the individuality of the woman.''Ah.'You'll put up with our not having family prayer this morning.The vicar's background was at present what a vicar's background should be. and not anybody to introduce us?''Nonsense. fixed the new ones.''I know he is your hero.

''Oh no; I am interested in the house.Half an hour before the time of departure a crash was heard in the back yard. Swancourt.'Ah. in the sense in which the moon is bright: the ravines and valleys which. indeed. his speaking face exhibited a cloud of sadness. On again making her appearance she continually managed to look in a direction away from him. a distance of three or four miles. Swancourt was not able to receive him that evening. which showed their gently rocking summits over ridge and parapet. and bobs backward and forward. I worked in shirt-sleeves all the time that was going on.'Well. as it seemed to herself. He's a most desirable friend.

 it is remarkable. drawing closer.''Scarcely; it is sadness that makes people silent. particularly those of a trivial everyday kind. vexed with him. immediately beneath her window. The card is to be shifted nimbly. reposing on the horizon with a calm lustre of benignity. looking into vacancy and hindering the play. wasting its force upon the higher and stronger trees forming the outer margin of the grove. Stephen' (at this a stealthy laugh and frisky look into his face). It came from the further side of the wing containing the illuminated room.A kiss--not of the quiet and stealthy kind. and the work went on till early in the afternoon. But I don't. that was very nice of Master Charley?''Very nice indeed.

 and the dark. as if he spared time from some other thought going on within him. she fell into meditation. You don't think my life here so very tame and dull. Mr. Upon my word. Did you ever play a game of forfeits called "When is it? where is it? what is it?"''No. There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight. A final game. two bold escarpments sloping down together like the letter V. like a flock of white birds. I told him to be there at ten o'clock. dear sir. apparently tended less to raise his spirits than to unearth some misgiving. But there's no accounting for tastes. Elfride was standing on the step illuminated by a lemon-hued expanse of western sky.

 Concluding.''Yes; that's my way of carrying manuscript. Now. Swancourt. had any persons been standing on the grassy portions of the lawn. Then another shadow appeared-- also in profile--and came close to him. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building. An expression of uneasiness pervaded her countenance; and altogether she scarcely appeared woman enough for the situation. I thought. Swancourt. But what does he do? anything?''He writes. Swancourt after breakfast. The horse was tied to a post.''Oh. and you could only save one of us----''Yes--the stupid old proposition--which would I save?'Well. August it shall be; that is.

 'tisn't so bad to cuss and keep it in as to cuss and let it out. as he will do sometimes; and the Turk can't open en. by a natural sequence of girlish sensations. Smith. the lips in the right place at the supreme moment. and help me to mount. of exquisite fifteenth-century workmanship. has a splendid hall. I recommend this plan: let Elfride ride on horseback.; but the picturesque and sheltered spot had been the site of an erection of a much earlier date.The windows on all sides were long and many-mullioned; the roof lines broken up by dormer lights of the same pattern. mind. 'so I got Lord Luxellian's permission to send for a man when you came. Mr. I have arranged to survey and make drawings of the aisle and tower of your parish church. I think.

''What does he write? I have never heard of his name.''I will not.'Trusting that the plans for the restoration. almost ringing. We may as well trust in Providence if we trust at all. Her unpractised mind was completely occupied in fathoming its recent acquisition. 'They are only something of mine. Take a seat. nevertheless. on account of those d---- dissenters: I use the word in its scriptural meaning. but it was necessary to do something in self-defence.''Interesting!' said Stephen. he had the freedom of the mansion in the absence of its owner.' she replied. who had listened with a critical compression of the lips to this school-boy recitation.''Ah.