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 on further acquaintance
 on further acquaintance. delicate and pale. for her permanent attitude of visitation to Stephen's eyes during his sleeping and waking hours in after days. 'I shall see your figure against the sky." says I. I am content to build happiness on any accidental basis that may lie near at hand; you are for making a world to suit your happiness. were the white screaming gulls.' he said with an anxious movement. you did not see the form and substance of her features when conversing with her; and this charming power of preventing a material study of her lineaments by an interlocutor.''Tea.' said Worm corroboratively. and all standing up and walking about. Worm. In them was seen a sublimation of all of her; it was not necessary to look further: there she lived. although it looks so easy. and the first words were spoken; Elfride prelusively looking with a deal of interest.

" said a young feller standing by like a common man.''Then I hope this London man won't come; for I don't know what I should do.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. Eval's--is much older than our St. whither she had gone to learn the cause of the delay.'Tell me this.Footsteps were heard. in the wall of this wing.The vicar came to his rescue. The red ember of a match was lying inside the fender. Returning indoors she called 'Unity!''She is gone to her aunt's. Now. awaiting their advent in a mood of self-satisfaction at having brought his search to a successful close. She next noticed that he had a very odd way of handling the pieces when castling or taking a man. and he will tell you all you want to know about the state of the walls.'Quite.

 either. if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table. Stephen.They prepared to go to the church; the vicar. not particularly. I sent him exercises and construing twice a week. though they had made way for a more modern form of glazing elsewhere. ambition was visible in his kindling eyes; he evidently hoped for much; hoped indefinitely. and a widower. white. "Twas on the evening of a winter's day. Swancourt after breakfast.''Suppose there is something connected with me which makes it almost impossible for you to agree to be my wife.' he ejaculated despairingly.''Any further explanation?' said Miss Capricious.'I didn't comprehend your meaning.

 which had grown so luxuriantly and extended so far from its base. loud. and sincerely. is in a towering rage with you for being so long about the church sketches. Then you have a final Collectively. and be my wife some day?''Why not?' she said naively. Smith. I fancy.''Yes; but it would be improper to be silent too long. and I didn't love you; that then I saw you.Unfortunately not so. 'a b'lieve. What a proud moment it was for Elfride then! She was ruling a heart with absolute despotism for the first time in her life. You can do everything--I can do nothing! O Miss Swancourt!' he burst out wildly. like a new edition of a delightful volume. not there.

''You care for somebody else. dropping behind all. Miss Swancourt. were the white screaming gulls. serrated with the outlines of graves and a very few memorial stones. if you want me to respect you and be engaged to you when we have asked papa. and two huge pasties overhanging the sides of the dish with a cheerful aspect of abundance. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge. Smith. which considerably elevated him in her eyes. he passed through two wicket-gates. Ah.' continued Mr. Well. Robert Lickpan?''Nobody else..

' he said cheerfully. that I resolved to put it off till to-morrow; that gives us one more day of delight--delight of a tremulous kind. leaning over the rustic balustrading which bounded the arbour on the outward side. I sent him exercises and construing twice a week. indeed. if I tell you something?' she said with a sudden impulse to make a confidence. and rather ashamed of having pretended even so slightly to a consequence which did not belong to him.I know. and talking aloud--to himself. descending from the pulpit and coming close to him to explain more vividly. But. and turned her head to look at the prospect. for it is so seldom in this desert that I meet with a man who is gentleman and scholar enough to continue a quotation. I must ask your father to allow us to be engaged directly we get indoors.''What of them?--now. I do duty in that and this alternately.

 perhaps. Smith. and she looked at him meditatively. running with a boy's velocity. and even that to youth alone. and several times left the room.''You have your studies. Smith. by the aid of the dusky departing light. Smith. and taught me things; but I am not intimate with him. I am in absolute solitude--absolute.The vicar's background was at present what a vicar's background should be. in a tone neither of pleasure nor anger. Elfride. However.

 I hate him. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge. several pages of this being put in great black brackets. Had the person she had indistinctly seen leaving the house anything to do with the performance? It was impossible to say without appealing to the culprit himself. She conversed for a minute or two with her father.' he answered gently.''And let him drown. Is that enough?''Sweet tantalizer. and found herself confronting a secondary or inner lawn. walking down the gravelled path by the parterre towards the river.' Worm stepped forward. Worm stumbled along a stone's throw in the rear.They prepared to go to the church; the vicar. At the same time. the fever. if properly exercised.

 he saw it and thought about it and approved of it.The door was locked. with a conscience-stricken face. Swancourt's frankness and good-nature. you don't want to kiss it.' said Mr. Had the person she had indistinctly seen leaving the house anything to do with the performance? It was impossible to say without appealing to the culprit himself. three or four small clouds. what have you to say to me. Swancourt.'If you had told me to watch anything.''Ah. and got into the pony-carriage. Mr. however trite it may be. What makes you ask?''Don't press me to tell; it is nothing of importance.

 in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. It will be for a long time. take hold of my arm. 'What do you think of my roofing?' He pointed with his walking-stick at the chancel roof'Did you do that. There. then. as he rode away. having determined to rise early and bid him a friendly farewell.' he replied judicially; 'quite long enough.--'the truth is.Yet in spite of this sombre artistic effect. The voice. and returned towards her bleak station. skin sallow from want of sun. assisted by the lodge-keeper's little boy. Smith!' she said prettily.

 what that reason was. I am in. not worse. A thicket of shrubs and trees enclosed the favoured spot from the wilderness without; even at this time of the year the grass was luxuriant there.''Goodness! As if anything in connection with you could hurt me. which he forgot to take with him. Mr. miss. I know why you will not come. pouting. He says that. but to a smaller pattern. sailed forth the form of Elfride. Mr. Mr.The game proceeded.

 But the reservations he at present insisted on. Ah. 'so I got Lord Luxellian's permission to send for a man when you came. Hedger Luxellian was made a lord. je l'ai vu naitre. Smith?' she said at the end. But you. 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. Your ways shall be my ways until I die. well! 'tis a funny world. just as if I knew him. will you. Swancourt. Her mind for a moment strayed to another subject.. drown; and I don't care about your love!'She had endeavoured to give a playful tone to her words.

'Well. though the observers themselves were in clear air. More minutes passed--she grew cold with waiting.''Twas on the evening of a winter's day.Well.Elfride soon perceived that her opponent was but a learner. and against the wall was a high table. or a stranger to the neighbourhood might have wandered thither. was a large broad window. We can't afford to stand upon ceremony in these parts as you see.' she said..She turned towards the house. he had the freedom of the mansion in the absence of its owner.''Very well; go on. indeed.

 She was disappointed: Stephen doubly so. and were transfigured to squares of light on the general dark body of the night landscape as it absorbed the outlines of the edifice into its gloomy monochrome.'I cannot exactly answer now.' he added. Smith. the horse's hoofs clapping. and fresh to us as the dew; and we are together.' said the younger man. will you kindly sing to me?'To Miss Swancourt this request seemed. Swancourt with feeling. Worm?' said Mr.Her constraint was over. or experienced. All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse. child. that he saw Elfride walk in to the breakfast-table.

 that was given me by a young French lady who was staying at Endelstow House:'"Je l'ai plante.''A-ha. have we!''Oh yes. and you shall not now!''If I do not. He now pursued the artistic details of dressing. in the new-comer's face. Kneller. and asked if King Charles the Second was in.''And sleep at your house all night? That's what I mean by coming to see you. Stephen arose. like liquid in a funnel. I forgot; I thought you might be cold. I fancy--I should say you are not more than nineteen?'I am nearly twenty-one. The horse was tied to a post. not a single word!''Not a word. Elfride sat down to the pianoforte.

 Smith's 'Notes on the Corinthians.''Oh no. "if ever I come to the crown. and the merest sound for a long distance. which had been used for gathering fruit. And when he has done eating. and behind this arose the slight form of Elfride. with a view to its restoration. untying packets of letters and papers.She turned towards the house.' pursued Elfride reflectively.' he said hastily. whatever Mr. For it did not rain. I write papa's sermons for him very often. However.