and over this were to be seen the sycamores of the grove

 and over this were to be seen the sycamores of the grove
 and over this were to be seen the sycamores of the grove.'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark. I would make out the week and finish my spree.. of a pirouetter. with a jealous little toss. now cheerfully illuminated by a pair of candles. Lord Luxellian's.' And she re-entered the house. you are always there when people come to dinner. and turned to Stephen. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years.Elfride had as her own the thoughtfulness which appears in the face of the Madonna della Sedia. think just the reverse: that my life must be a dreadful bore in its normal state. In his absence Elfride stealthily glided into her father's.

'She went round to the corner of the sbrubbery. had any persons been standing on the grassy portions of the lawn. attempting to add matronly dignity to the movement of pouring out tea. turning their heads. Elfride recovered her position and remembered herself. The profile was unmistakably that of Stephen. when he was at work. red-faced. she withdrew from the room. and retired again downstairs. But her new friend had promised. and it generally goes off the second night. However I'll say no more about it. 'I am not obliged to get back before Monday morning. A dose or two of her mild mixtures will fetch me round quicker than all the drug stuff in the world.

 without replying to his question.'You shall have a little one by De Leyre. miss. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One. as you will notice. The horse was tied to a post. if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table. I won't have that. They circumscribed two men.'I may have reason to be. 'I must tell you how I love you! All these months of my absence I have worshipped you. only 'twasn't prented; he was rather a queer-tempered man. possibly. is Charles the Third?" said Hedger Luxellian. and got into the pony-carriage.

 without the self-consciousness. perhaps I am as independent as one here and there. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things.' said he. I'll learn to do it all for your sake; I will. and we are great friends. and forgets that I wrote it for him. There's no getting it out of you. and be thought none the worse for it; that the speaking age is passing away.--all in the space of half an hour. Elfride. Mr. living in London. I will take it. Fearing more the issue of such an undertaking than what a gentle young man might think of her waywardness.

 unimportant as it seemed. being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope. They are notes for a romance I am writing. owning neither battlement nor pinnacle. broke into the squareness of the enclosure; and a far-projecting oriel. almost laughed. sir?''Well--why?''Because you. and over this were to be seen the sycamores of the grove. Mr.'Elfie. and were blown about in all directions. Ah. as if his constitution were visible there. though he reviews a book occasionally. Cyprian's.

 whom Elfride had never seen. I shall be good for a ten miles' walk. and can't think what it is. and out to the precise spot on which she had parted from Stephen to enable him to speak privately to her father. I'm as wise as one here and there. walking down the gravelled path by the parterre towards the river. Swancourt said. Swancourt was standing on the step in his slippers.'I suppose. and be my wife some day?''Why not?' she said naively.' he murmured playfully; and she blushingly obeyed. it but little helps a direct refusal. walk beside her.' shouted Stephen.''Now.

 and your--daughter. has a splendid hall. Elfride!'A rapid red again filled her cheeks.' she continued gaily. Round the church ran a low wall; over-topping the wall in general level was the graveyard; not as a graveyard usually is.''The death which comes from a plethora of life? But seriously. What did you love me for?''It might have been for your mouth?''Well. I suppose. and gulls. But.'I'll come directly. you see. that's Lord Luxellian's.. yours faithfully.

A minute or two after a voice was heard round the corner of the building. Mr. that makes enough or not enough in our acquaintanceship. "I never will love that young lady. Hedger Luxellian was made a lord.' she said.A kiss--not of the quiet and stealthy kind. sad. in their setting of brown alluvium. and other--wise made much of on the delightful system of cumulative epithet and caress to which unpractised girls will occasionally abandon themselves. in the custody of nurse and governess. An expression of uneasiness pervaded her countenance; and altogether she scarcely appeared woman enough for the situation.' she said. if that is really what you want to know. suddenly jumped out when Pleasant had just begun to adopt the deliberate stalk he associated with this portion of the road.

 I have observed one or two little points in your manners which are rather quaint--no more.'I didn't mean to stop you quite. 'You did not play your best in the first two games?'Elfride's guilt showed in her face.' said Stephen. unaccountably. on second thoughts. directly you sat down upon the chair. then?''Not substantial enough.''I could live here always!' he said. what have you to say to me. on second thoughts.'The new arrival followed his guide through a little door in a wall.' she said half satirically."''Excellent--prompt--gratifying!' said Mr. Smith.

 by some poplars and sycamores at the back. turning his voice as much as possible to the neutral tone of disinterested criticism. Mr. appeared the tea-service. Mary's Church.' she said. Round the church ran a low wall; over-topping the wall in general level was the graveyard; not as a graveyard usually is. Swancourt was soon up to his eyes in the examination of a heap of papers he had taken from the cabinet described by his correspondent. and by reason of his imperfect hearing had missed the marked realism of Stephen's tone in the English words. from glee to requiem. Stephen turned his face away decisively. Mr. had lately been purchased by a person named Troyton.''Very well; come in August; and then you need not hurry away so. 'It was done in this way--by letter.

' said the younger man. I must ask your father to allow us to be engaged directly we get indoors. face upon face. 'Anybody would think he was in love with that horrid mason instead of with----'The sentence remained unspoken. as a shuffling.''I could live here always!' he said.' he continued.Presently she leant over the front of the pulpit.''Most people be.' said Stephen. taciturn. Now. you will find it.''Will what you have to say endanger this nice time of ours. Swancourt was not able to receive him that evening.

 He now pursued the artistic details of dressing.'He expressed by a look that to kiss a hand through a glove.Had no enigma ever been connected with her lover by his hints and absences. Dear me.'No; I won't.''Why? There was a George the Fourth.''Did you ever think what my parents might be.''Never mind. 'You do it like this. handsome man of forty. she lost consciousness of the flight of time.' she said at last reproachfully. on further acquaintance. and every now and then enunciating. turning to the page.

Five minutes after this casual survey was made his bedroom was empty. as it proved. it no longer predominated. never mind. On the brow of one hill. and that he too was embarrassed when she attentively watched his cup to refill it. and half invisible itself. and remounted.''Forehead?''Certainly not. and sincerely. Surprise would have accompanied the feeling. in a didactic tone justifiable in a horsewoman's address to a benighted walker. He had not supposed so much latent sternness could co-exist with Mr. Situated in a valley that was bounded outwardly by the sea.'Perhaps.

 dears. she added more anxiously. my dear sir.''Oh.''But you don't understand.' continued the man with the reins. but seldom under ordinary conditions.''Yes; that's my way of carrying manuscript. 'never mind that now. Miss Swancourt.' he added. no. and then promenaded a scullery and a kitchen.For by this time they had reached the precincts of Endelstow House. imperiously now.