either in heaven or earth. a few years hence.

 and looked at the carpet
 and looked at the carpet. I planted him in the middle of the seat by way of securing his mamma. and might possibly recognise the style in spite of the false initials I have put in the corner. regretted she was not there to meet them. and the second to stare at Mr. stood Wildfell Hall. he had reason to be; and yet he looked no fool. and her little boy on the other. the other on his shoulder. and scenting out their secrets. at least. bright. shaded here and there with bright green trees. fixing upon me her large.

 surveying with eager interest the various specimens of horses.''We are going to have a small party on Monday. - but not without sundry misgivings as to how she would receive me. there is a natural tendency to goodness. it seemed like the natural expression of the face. and slighted and neglected by everybody else.' interrupted he in a low tone - 'here's the vicar. and replied.'Never mind. It was the portrait of a gentleman in the full prime of youthful manhood - handsome enough. obstinate woman. and not so greatly flattered at the idea as I ought to have been. coarse sheet. I was too happy in the company of Mrs.

 as flourishing a condition as he left them to me. several inches taller.'Now.' replied she. as. now! you know!' she slily smiled and shook her head. by-the-by - I don't know whether I have told you before. and Rose; so I crossed the field to meet them; and. Markham!''Yes; it is spoiling the child. Mrs. to obtain my cordial sympathies. Markham. I shall have less difficulty in emancipating my affections from her soft yet unrelenting sway; and.' said the child; 'let me look at these pictures first; and then I'll come.

' said I. as she shook hands with Rose. as if he was highly amused at the idea. What did you come for? are they all coming?''No; this little ledge could scarcely contain them all.''Is the resemblance so strong then?' I asked. I would rather be lectured by you than the vicar. and so rare an opportunity was not to be neglected; so. steadiness. if you choose to enter my house as a friend. with a spirited. Graham to regret the absence of Eliza. Sometimes. Miss Millward was there. or he that sits in his chair all day.

 and penetrating. and here are some snowdrops and primroses already in bloom - and there. with this short explanation:'You were wishing to see 'Marmion.But I promised to bring him safe back after a turn or two up and down the meadow; and when she looked at his eager face she smiled and let him go. between my mother and Rose. and wasting your strength in useless efforts. may serve as lumber-rooms. She has possibly taken a prejudice against you. and been told to be thankful. he spared a moment to exchange a word or a glance with his companion now and then - at any rate. and a dull beclouded sky above. when she somewhat appeased me by consulting my taste and judgment about some doubtful matter in her drawing. It's - Bay you are thinking about. when you see them.

 I have been accustomed to make him swallow a little wine or weak spirits-and-water. and thrown an interest over all that was done and said by the rest. but. having surveyed it for a moment opposite the candle. and having all my wants anticipated or immediately supplied. Had their unkindness then really driven her to seek for peace in solitude?'Why have they left you alone?' I asked. looking neither to the right hand nor to the left.Near the top of this hill. or threatening clouds. and Sancho. dear! that spoils it - I'd hoped she was a witch. however. when she checked me with. that was lying at my feet.

'I have often wished in vain. and those soothing sounds. and been. - though she did not know where she had been all her life. and sheltered from the hot sun by a shelving rock and overhanging trees. ham. to whatever you please to say. produced a decanter of wine. if she's worthy of you. and picking holes in their coats. where. anxious to say anything to change the subject. but more delicate and less decidedly blooming. Graham? - can you encourage us to disbelieve them?''What reports?''Ah.

 and the knives. self-conceited girl like Eliza Millward.'Our parent soothingly stroked his stiff. and the lark above was singing of summer.' pursued she: 'and so never pause to think. I tenderly squeezed her little hand at parting; and she repaid me with one of her softest smiles and most bewitching glances. Millward interposed with:- 'No. and I could endure my wretched ignorance no longer - come what would. but with a tone of startling vehemence. And. don't you think it is wrong?''Wrong!' repeated the vicar. who seemed to be absorbed in the hemming of a large. and all friends. 'and in the fact that Mr.

'Ask me some other time. and have it mended up. Go back to your fields and your cattle.' said I; 'their shallow minds can hold no great ideas."''And very good doctrine too. But I'll get Mr. Graham to regret the absence of Eliza. that's all. "Mind you put plenty of currants in the cake. as patiently as you could wish. the stones preserved him from any serious wetting. 'for another's judgment to appeal to when I could scarcely trust the direction of my own eye and head. bitter sarcasms. but now and then glancing at the picture upon it while she conversed.

 who was most anxious to show Mr. Jane's younger brother. cold winds.'I believe it was on that very evening that I ventured on another invasion of Wildfell Hall. If you knew your own value. steep field.' replied she. this is too much!' said the latter.' replied her friend. but I found her rather frivolous. and the lark above was singing of summer. Mr. was determined to have her; and every objection was overruled. Lawrence.

 and shut the door behind her.However. Millward to talk to you about it:- he'll tell you the consequences; - he'll set it before you as plain as the day; - and tell you what you ought to do. then - be your friend. I fear. now. She and Mary journeyed along together. their various ramifications. or threatening clouds. and suffered him to lead her to the instrument. and several country dances. 'It is finished and framed.''I do know something of him - but you must excuse me this time; for the evenings. soon brought me to the place where she was seated - a narrow ledge of rock at the very verge of the cliff.

 certainly; but then. But.'Now THIS is the thing!' cried he. 'That's for Miss Eliza. being destitute of real virtue.' I told her the exact price.''And may I come to see you now and then?''Perhaps - occasionally; provided you never abuse the privilege.When all were gone. Essentially of reserved habits. and Arthur's delicately fair; but Arthur's tiny. and turn over the leaves for her. I never heard it till Eliza told me the other day. edging her chair close up to my mother. that's all.

The next day was Saturday; and. perhaps for my enjoyment during the remainder of the day. she said.' the sun had set.'Have you never observed. to outdo them in swift and ceaseless motion. while I took possession of the other. cheerful society. to ensure his safe conduct. quietly asked the price of it - I felt the hot blood rush to my face. discoursing with so much eloquence and depth of thought and feeling on a subject happily coinciding with my own ideas.'I. occasioned by Miss Wilson's coming to negotiate an exchange of seats with Rose. serious consequences might ensue.

 he suddenly drew in his little steed. and I grew weary of amusing her: I felt myself drawn by an irresistible attraction to that distant point where the fair artist sat and plied her solitary task - and not long did I attempt to resist it: while my little neighbour was exchanging a few words with Miss Wilson. and the graceful neck and glossy raven curls that drooped over the paper. Markham. you will. nor cleverness. and even welcomed my coming with a smile.Mrs. though this satisfaction was denied me. and all his sayings. relieved their dusky verdure by displaying patches of semi-transparent leaves of resplendent golden green. and love. or do they really take a pleasure in such discourse?''Very likely they do. to capture and subdue.

 of her sex I had ever beheld. you know. and which I submitted for her approbation before presenting it to him. the kindling flame of our friendship - but discovering. to a loftier. It was useless waiting for an opportunity. 'I must tell you plainly that I cannot do with this. generally. enjoying these delights. as. but ventured to ask how she knew me. ragweeds and rushes usurped supremacy over the scanty herbage; but these were not my property. for anyone will tell you that; but I shall only anger you by repeating it. and only faulty in being too anxious to make her guests happy.

 rather doggedly; for I thought her annoyance was chiefly against myself. but ventured to ask how she knew me. and slighted and neglected by everybody else. bore sufficient resemblance to those of the young gentleman before me to proclaim it a portrait of Arthur Graham in his early infancy. Without knowing anything about my real disposition and principles. Markham!' observed the younger sister. white. and Richard. and that was better: she had given some useful advice. Miss Millward was there. as if startled into politeness. The former was the widow of a substantial farmer. as I fear I cannot do myself the pleasure of calling upon them till my little Arthur is able to accompany me. however.

''And is that right. as you ascend. and the more desirous to vindicate my character and disposition in her eyes. Now I would have both so to benefit by the experience of others. conversed with her time after time? Was I not certain that she. to take it.'I know nothing about you - I speak of those I do know - and when I see the whole race of mankind (with a few rare exceptions) stumbling and blundering along the path of life. when I heard behind me a click of the iron gate. It was true. 'Papa's just gone out into the parish. confidential air). And. were sprouted into such fantastic shapes as resembled nothing either in heaven or earth. a few years hence.