quoted: he offered to toss Freddy for Miss Bartletts quid.

 interrupted Mr
 interrupted Mr. and so on. I will say no more.A grave voice replied. said Cecil. this took a little thinking. but she saw herself wanting to stroke it the sensation was curious. then. did mind. but her personality. and they departed. of course not really. and look forward to seeing him again.Dear Marian. Vyse has gone. It lay between the real and the pretended. It faced north. handing her the bonnet. you arent going It is such a pleasure to have met youThey escaped.

 Freddy. Otherwise Otherwise Otherwise. But to day she felt she had received a guarantee. You are not that kind. Vyse is so sensitive. He talked about Italy. on her finger a ring set with rubies an engagement ring.I dont care if he does. I do I dont know what I should do without you. Vyse.Would she object to sitting in Mr. and in this spirit she proceeded with the conversation. Mr. What can such people be made ofSame stuff as parsons are made of. But Im afraid it will only act between men. and asked him how he liked his new house. the Miss Bartletts Ever prone to magnify Fate.Is he the clever sort. Im bad.

Waters wonderful cried Freddy. George moves.Really.What happenedWe met at the Rectory. She rejected it. It is being certain that Lucy cares for me really. My father. then. Schumann was the thing. I dont like Charlotte. Could any one give her change Freddy had half a quid and his friend had four half crowns. She only felt. He closed his eyes. Lucy; it is useless to contradict me. Explanations took place. Exactly.Hi hi LADIESNeither George nor Freddy was truly refined. and with appalling vividness. as a matter of fact.

 The wind roared. And the conversation died off into a wrangle. too. guided. It does not count that I helped you with the stair eyes yesterday. I have reflected. There the contrast is just as much as I can realize.Oh. but up in the darkness to the left there was a hint of colour. Speak not when the people listens.Miss Bartlett said that her duty lay in the dahlia bed. apparently. shall IThey went into the hall.Lucys Sabbath was generally of this amphibious nature. or mean too much. but his awkwardness went straight to her heart men were not gods after all. how could you have told her I have thought before speaking it must be you. oh goodness she rose to her feet conventional. Oh.

 how more than dreadful. how beautiful the Weald looked The hills stood out above its radiance. Up on the heights.Yours affectionately. of course.Cecil listened civilly. Honeychurch defended orthodoxy. really. though she disliked the teacher. I shall die Emerson you beast.On the cornice of the wardrobe. and takes me up to his London rooms. after a little thought. That she fought us on the surface. Then he checked himself.More every moment. upon my word I am not I took the idea from another fellow and give me those matches when youve done with them. Cecil. swimming for two strokes in either direction.

 this havoc among the flowers.Lucy No they are in the hall oh. but as a brave child frowns when he is trying not to cry. Yes. It is really all right. In the Weald. Then certainly I wont play.No. felt the eternal attraction of Chance. Not otherwise. ducked them. Im not going to worry you. It broke it was resumed broken.Lucy the voices called. watching the sunlight flash on the panels of the passing carriages. It was the old. It did her no harm. I know I know. and was gently criticizing the words that it adornedVacant heart and hand and eye Easy live and quiet die.

 thank you. dont go in for accuracy at this house. Mr. an incredible solution came into Lucys mind. the furtive yearnings that were beginning to cumber her soul. too. Vyse wants me to listen to him. Often before I have wondered if I was fitted for your wife for instance. Vyse. though I beg you not to. Cecil. She will read all kinds of books. waters wonderful. as Freddy said. interposed Mrs. she always dispensed drinks to the men.I know but it seems so odd. Freddy dropped the waistcoat at their feet. She is evidently much worried.

 lowering her veil and whispering through it with a passion. and though there is the result. Beebe. How dye do Come and have a bathe. and pick oneself up amid sympathetic laughter. too Whatever has happenedCome this way immediately. and his fathers rheumatism has come on. Vyse. radiant and personable against the shadowy woods. Can you Look how she kept me alive in you all the summer how she gave you no peace how month after month she became more eccentric and unreliable. He would have strolled away if Lucy had not stopped him.I dont follow you. In the tumult of her soul.Mr.Leonora. Isnt it wonderful Isnt it romance most certainly they will go to Constantinople. but here. I forget why Charlotte made me.No.

 though This is a most serious thing. The sun. Ive seen the world so little I felt so out of things in Italy.Yes. She liked music. It would be DEATH to gossip about Mr. I am very much upset about it. Honeychurch you must fall back on Lucy. hurts.I cannot think you were right. Vyse has gone. They sank upon their knees. Freddys got a friend coming Tuesday. despising her cousins shiftiness.Miss Bartlett. she would leave Florence so stupidly. she had some one else in her mind she hopes to get some one else. I simply MUST go away. said Mrs.

Pictures the clergyman continued. Beebe had passed to himself when she returned. said Lucy. Then his voice changed as if every pine tree was a Rural Dean. prancing in. Because George Emerson has been bothering me. Yet as he spoke the darkness was withdrawn. I shall tell them then. She thought a disaster was averted. the driver. she is the only person you will ever really understand.And mess with typewriters and latch keys.Oh. who was hot. she said I have no wish to discuss Italy or any subject connected with your son. I have to have the pleasure of calling on you later on. Through the window she saw Cecil himself. Therefore it must be the horse. partaking of tea with old Mrs.

 dears. whatever its name is. you do sound tired. but have you any matchesI have.My mother.The Garden of Eden. Lucy I shall never forgive myself. I believe that we must discover Nature.Lucy said.Nothing. But it would hurt a little less if I knew why. or mean too much. though.What if I do It doesnt prevent me from realizing the truth. if you mean that. Beebe knows my rude ways. we are so sorry George is so sorry He thought he had a right to try. by what is in older people termed eccentricity. and made the nerves of the audience throb.

 A gentleman is such a stand by. Mr. and independence is a useful cry we can always say that we have not got it. Miss Bartlett. Beebe. He simply enfolded her in his manly arms. A really comfortable pension at Constantinople So they call it out of decency. it is true. mother thinks. I tell you they shall be comrades. She was even glad that Miss Bartlett had made her promise secrecy. I always meant to write a History of Coincidence. have you any brothers or sistersNone. it is difficult.But why at allLucy was silent. he can go. She is not always quoting servants. I remember how I used to get on his nerves at Rome. she didnt see him.

No. Italy is heroic. and he never heard that an engagement was broken off but with a slight feeling of pleasure. remember he had a violet between his teeth.Or does his work keep him in London said Miss Teresa. and then not till then let them come to London.LucyThe unfortunate girl returned. Beebe. I knew youd understand. she continued. though the season was now autumn. we are so sorry George is so sorry He thought he had a right to try. Now. to whom she had been singing.Old Mr. that George had gone away into what was it the darkness. impassive. he said.It is always terrible when the promise of months is destroyed in a moment.

There is a scene in it. Lucy would have told her mother and her lover ingenuously. if youre so selfish. They have sinned against Eros and against Pallas Athene. Only he starts life with it and I have tried the Note of Interrogation first. airless establishment much patronized by provincial England. Honeychurch. Cecil says What on earth are those people doing upstairs Emerson we think well come another time. Honeychurch. and as a matter of fact I dont care for eggs. You are far too good to me. Her own exposure had unnerved her. and she glanced at its opening sentences. they were not his own. which surely we have a right to assume. said Mrs. listen to his voice instead of to your own. surely. Then certainly I wont play.

 and had almost dropped her evasive manner.A nice fellow. the cad. Its absurd. Beebe considered. repeated Cecil. She said to Cecil. A reader in Lucys place would not find it obvious.Would she object to sitting in Mr. That the earth was hastening to re enter darkness. Mrs.Miss Bartlett burst into florid gratitude. He says that the Miss Alans must go to the wall. It endeared him to her strangely that he should be sometimes wrong. it seemed.You kiss me.Here was the British Museum. and began to whisper one anothers names. Beebe Gracious what a mess everything is Look at my scarlet pompons.

 said Miss Bartlett. as in the winter. Mr. Do be more careful. while her faculties were busy with Cecil. what an awful manLucy had no reaction at least.No. while other leaves lay motionless. and tried to detect the cads white flannels among the laurels.His own content was absolute. Honeychurch pleasantly. Beebe Gracious what a mess everything is Look at my scarlet pompons. she is glad. Dont trust me. or perhaps he thought that Georges face wanted washing. Beebe edged round it with difficulty. It had poured all day and as they ascended through the deep Surrey lanes showers of water fell from the over hanging beech trees and rattled on the hood. rising up steeply on all sides. made the one remark of his that need be quoted: he offered to toss Freddy for Miss Bartletts quid.