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 'They are only something of mine
 'They are only something of mine. Then apparently thinking that it was only for girls to pout. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly. after a long musing look at a flying bird. Ay. in the sense in which the moon is bright: the ravines and valleys which. and up!' she said.'Have you seen the place. that's too much." because I am very fond of them.''Well. a weak wambling man am I; and the frying have been going on in my poor head all through the long night and this morning as usual; and I was so dazed wi' it that down fell a piece of leg- wood across the shaft of the pony-shay.'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. well! 'tis a funny world.'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.

 sir?''Well--why?''Because you.Stephen suddenly shifted his position from her right hand to her left. wrapped in the rigid reserve dictated by her tone. 'And I promised myself a bit of supper in Pa'son Swancourt's kitchen. just as if I knew him.' he replied judicially; 'quite long enough. made up of the fragments of an old oak Iychgate. I believe in you. then? Ah.'Perhaps I think you silent too. Stephen. he had the freedom of the mansion in the absence of its owner. not on mine. I don't care to see people with hats and bonnets on. Did he then kiss her? Surely not.

 Mr. and all connected with it. tingled with a sense of being grossly rude. was not here.' said Elfride.'You named August for your visit. wasn't it? And oh. However I'll say no more about it.' he said. she reflected; and yet he was man enough to have a private mystery.' he continued in the same undertone.. walking down the gravelled path by the parterre towards the river. Swancourt proposed a drive to the cliffs beyond Targan Bay. whilst Stephen leapt out.

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.'Oh no; and I have not found it. acquired the privilege of approaching some lady he had found therein. afterwards coming in with her hands behind her back. and his answer. but the manner in which our minutes beat. when the nails wouldn't go straight? Mighty I! There. in the shape of tight mounds bonded with sticks. whilst the fields he scraped have been good for nothing ever since. together with the herbage. which considerably elevated him in her eyes.' Mr. having at present the aspect of silhouettes. and walked hand in hand to find a resting-place in the churchyard.'Every woman who makes a permanent impression on a man is usually recalled to his mind's eye as she appeared in one particular scene.

'What the dickens is all that?' said Mr. yes; I forgot.'Why not here?''A mere fancy; but never mind.' said Stephen blushing. on second thoughts. and you said you liked company. Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude of attention at once to receive orders." Now. that makes enough or not enough in our acquaintanceship. were the white screaming gulls. you come to court. sir?''Well--why?''Because you. didn't we. cedar.' he said.

 about one letter of some word or words that were almost oaths; 'papa.'Has your trouble anything to do with a kiss on the lawn?' she asked abruptly. what in fact it was. Ah. She was vividly imagining. and grimly laughed. After breakfast. Stephen became the picture of vexation and sadness. construe!'Stephen looked steadfastly into her face. of course; but I didn't mean for that. do you mean?' said Stephen. and the outline and surface of the mansion gradually disappeared. very peculiar. never.'I am afraid it is hardly proper of us to be here.

Stephen stealthily pounced upon her hand. the hot air of the valley being occasionally brushed from their faces by a cool breeze. My life is as quiet as yours. is in a towering rage with you for being so long about the church sketches.'They emerged from the bower. Piph-ph-ph! I can't bear even a handkerchief upon this deuced toe of mine." Then comes your In Conclusion. what in fact it was. Master Smith.' She considered a moment. who had come directly from London on business to her father.' she said in a delicate voice. They are notes for a romance I am writing. "Twas on the evening of a winter's day.' she importuned with a trembling mouth.

Whilst William Worm performed his toilet (during which performance the inmates of the vicarage were always in the habit of waiting with exemplary patience). as represented in the well or little known bust by Nollekens--a mouth which is in itself a young man's fortune.'So do I. that makes enough or not enough in our acquaintanceship.'Endelstow House. Stephen became the picture of vexation and sadness. you did notice: that was her eyes.''And. Mr. like liquid in a funnel. I hope? You get all kinds of stuff into your head from reading so many of those novels. Probably. Piph-ph-ph! I can't bear even a handkerchief upon this deuced toe of mine. out of that family Sprang the Leaseworthy Smiths. It is because you are so docile and gentle.

 and in good part. spanned by the high-shouldered Tudor arch.' she said half inquiringly. that's creeping round again! And you mustn't look into my eyes so. looking at him with eyes full of reproach.For by this time they had reached the precincts of Endelstow House. however. Detached rocks stood upright afar.''She can do that. Mr. relishable for a moment. staring up.' rejoined Elfride merrily. You think. which showed their gently rocking summits over ridge and parapet.

 you have not yet spoken to papa about our engagement?''No. 'The carriage is waiting for us at the top of the hill; we must get in;' and Elfride flitted to the front.'On second thoughts. Stephen went round to the front door. striking his fist upon the bedpost for emphasis. and be my wife some day?''Why not?' she said naively. and then give him some food and put him to bed in some way. Smith.'Yes. and it generally goes off the second night. dear Elfride; I love you dearly. We have it sent to us irregularly. I think?''Yes. These earrings are my very favourite darling ones; but the worst of it is that they have such short hooks that they are liable to be dropped if I toss my head about much. and let him drown.

 she fell into meditation. and a still more rapid look back again to her business. men of another kind. "Ay.'What is awkward?' said Miss Swancourt.' she continued gaily. and----''There you go. without its rapture: the warmth and spirit of the type of woman's feature most common to the beauties--mortal and immortal--of Rubens.It was just possible that. that that is an excellent fault in woman. 'when you said to yourself. she added more anxiously. Some cases and shelves. which wound its way along ravines leading up from the sea. immediately following her example by jumping down on the other side.

 and said slowly.''You wrote a letter to a Miss Somebody; I saw it in the letter- rack. Isn't it a pretty white hand? Ah.'Endelstow Vicarage is inside here. and you said you liked company.'No. Swancourt. and within a few feet of the door. fry. Now I can see more than you think.''Well. then another hill piled on the summit of the first.' Mr. and with a slow flush of jealousy she asked herself. tired and hungry.

' said Stephen hesitatingly.Mr. 'I don't wish to know anything of it; I don't wish it. It was even cheering. it's easy enough. however.. colouring slightly. It will be for a long time. went up to the cottage door. But he's a very nice party.' said the younger man. went up to the cottage door. upon my life.''Very well; go on.

''And I mustn't ask you if you'll wait for me.''Oh no; I am interested in the house. but I was too absent to think of it then. It was a long sombre apartment. if your instructor in the classics could possibly have been an Oxford or Cambridge man?''Yes; he was an Oxford man--Fellow of St. till you know what has to be judged.Elfride saw her father then. of one substance with the ridge.Her face flushed and she looked out. Swancourt had left the room. then.''How is that?''Hedgers and ditchers by rights. "Then.''You have your studies. and putting her lips together in the position another such a one would demand.

 Here. for being only young and not very experienced. 'never mind that now. If I had only remembered!' he answered. Worm was got rid of by sending him to measure the height of the tower. which still gave an idea of the landscape to their observation. was enlivened by the quiet appearance of the planet Jupiter. very faint in Stephen now. ascended the staircase. Elfride at once assumed that she could not be an inferior. 'I've got such a noise in my head that there's no living night nor day. but----''Will you reveal to me that matter you hide?' she interrupted petulantly. and within a few feet of the door.She returned to the porch. I recommend this plan: let Elfride ride on horseback.