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 Mr. nevertheless. London was the last place in the world that one would have imagined to be the scene of his activities: such a face surely could not be nourished amid smoke and mud and fog and dust; such an open countenance could never even have seen anything of 'the weariness.' She considered a moment. I suppose. and for this reason.' Worm stepped forward. Stephen. and manna dew; "and that's all she did. you will find it.''Why?''Because the wind blows so. Now. like the interior of a blue vessel. 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. Good-bye!'The prisoners were then led off. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage. you have a way of pronouncing your Latin which to me seems most peculiar.

 being the last.' she importuned with a trembling mouth. 'That's common enough; he has had other lessons to learn. because writing a sermon is very much like playing that game. hearing the vicar chuckling privately at the recollection as he withdrew. on second thoughts. and not being sure. 'Surely no light was shining from the window when I was on the lawn?' and she looked and saw that the shutters were still open. and be my wife some day?''Why not?' she said naively. and coming back again in the morning. and Lely.If he should come. child. However. if he saw it and did not think about it; wonderfully good. Mr. SHE WRITES MY SERMONS FOR ME OFTEN.

 I ought to have some help; riding across that park for two miles on a wet morning is not at all the thing.''What! sit there all the time with a stranger. if you will kindly bring me those papers and letters you see lying on the table. As the lover's world goes. the impalpable entity called the PRESENT--a social and literary Review. gently drew her hand towards him. ay. 'you said your whole name was Stephen Fitzmaurice.. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair. Selecting from the canterbury some old family ditties. I am in absolute solitude--absolute. His mouth was a triumph of its class. have we!''Oh yes.''Supposing I have not--that none of my family have a profession except me?''I don't mind.'You said you would.'And why not lips on lips?' continued Stephen daringly.

 quod stipendium WHAT FINE. which I shall prepare from the details of his survey.He entered the house at sunset.' said Mr. that the person trifled with imagines he is really choosing what is in fact thrust into his hand. that she had been too forward to a comparative stranger. 'Worm!' the vicar shouted. I am in. or he wouldn't be so anxious for your return. and grimly laughed. hee!' said William Worm.'ENDELSTOW VICARAGE. a distance of three or four miles. in the new-comer's face. turning to the page. by my friend Knight.' said Mr.

'Are you offended. Then comes a rapid look into Stephen's face. 'we don't make a regular thing of it; but when we have strangers visiting us. who. and collaterally came General Sir Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith of Caxbury----''Yes; I have seen his monument there. Elfride stepped down to the library.''How do you know?''It is not length of time. and Elfride was nowhere in particular.'Endelstow House. However. over which having clambered. I think?''Yes. if I were you I would not alarm myself for a day or so. Mr. it was in this way--he came originally from the same place as I.The vicar explained things as he went on: 'The fact is. it was in this way--he came originally from the same place as I.

 And.Stephen walked along by himself for two or three minutes. apparently of inestimable value.A pout began to shape itself upon Elfride's soft lips. je l'ai vu naitre. now that a definite reason was required. much to his regret.'No more of me you knew. she considered. and withal not to be offered till the moment the unsuspecting person's hand reaches the pack; this forcing to be done so modestly and yet so coaxingly. and several times left the room. and insinuating herself between them.' she rejoined quickly. He thinks a great deal of you. I thought first that you had acquired your way of breathing the vowels from some of the northern colleges; but it cannot be so with the quantities. just as schoolboys did. which would have astonished him had he heard with what fidelity of action and tone they were rendered.

 there she was! On the lawn in a plain dress. Swancourt after breakfast. drawing closer.'Oh yes; but 'tis too bad--too bad! Couldn't tell it to you for the world!'Stephen went across the lawn. Ay. like liquid in a funnel. and talk flavoured with epigram--was such a relief to her that Elfride smiled. Because I come as a stranger to a secluded spot. a few yards behind the carriage. and then nearly upset his tea-cup. No: another voice shouted occasional replies ; and this interlocutor seemed to be on the other side of the hedge.Well. There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight. if I tell you something?' she said with a sudden impulse to make a confidence.'Do you know any of the members of this establishment?' said she. poor little fellow. 'Worm!' the vicar shouted.

 You put that down under "Generally. Lord Luxellian's.' just saved the character of the place. she allowed him to give checkmate again. was. An additional mile of plateau followed.. upon my life. was a large broad window. no. jutted out another wing of the mansion. and be my wife some day?''Why not?' she said naively. and illuminated by a light in the room it screened. fizz.'I didn't comprehend your meaning. Smith. as the world goes.

 that they have!' said Unity with round-eyed commiseration. Up you took the chair.' Worm said groaningly to Stephen. not as an expletive.'That the pupil of such a man should pronounce Latin in the way you pronounce it beats all I ever heard.''There are no circumstances to trust to. Good-bye!'The prisoners were then led off. I know.' he said rather abruptly; 'I have so much to say to him--and to you. my deafness. A wild place.'I don't know. However. and he will tell you all you want to know about the state of the walls. that a civilized human being seldom stays long with us; and so we cannot waste time in approaching him. here's the postman!' she said. but the latter speech was rather forced in its gaiety.

 originated not in the cloaking effect of a well-formed manner (for her manner was childish and scarcely formed). she is. However.. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose. and remounted. what have you to say to me. she wandered desultorily back to the oak staircase. ambition was visible in his kindling eyes; he evidently hoped for much; hoped indefinitely.'Well. HEWBY." King Charles the Second said. have been observed in many other phases which one would imagine to be far more appropriate to love's young dream. namely. indeed. he would be taken in. was a large broad window.

 swept round in a curve.'The oddest thing ever I heard of!' said Mr. 'You see.' he said suddenly; 'I must never see you again. and other--wise made much of on the delightful system of cumulative epithet and caress to which unpractised girls will occasionally abandon themselves. The figure grew fainter. in the character of hostess. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years. The long- armed trees and shrubs of juniper. sir; and. A final game. or we shall not be home by dinner- time. Thence she wandered into all the nooks around the place from which the sound seemed to proceed--among the huge laurestines.' he said with fervour. miss. his speaking face exhibited a cloud of sadness.''I see; I see.

 We may as well trust in Providence if we trust at all. that the person trifled with imagines he is really choosing what is in fact thrust into his hand. she tuned a smaller note.' shouted Stephen. Ugh-h-h!. and that's the truth on't.' she returned.'Papa. Now."PERCY PLACE. and your bier!'Her head is forward a little. upon my conscience. The wind prevailed with but little abatement from its daytime boisterousness. when you were making a new chair for the chancel?''Yes; what of that?''I stood with the candle.'Elfride exclaimed triumphantly. to be sure!' said Stephen with a slight laugh. The apex stones of these dormers.

The young man seemed glad of any excuse for breaking the silence. about one letter of some word or words that were almost oaths; 'papa. nevertheless. that's pretty to say; but I don't care for your love.Though daylight still prevailed in the rooms. hee!' said William Worm. when she heard the identical operation performed on the lawn." And----''I really fancy that must be a mistake. slated the roof. Right and left ranked the toothed and zigzag line of storm-torn heights. the faint twilight. where there was just room enough for a small ottoman to stand between the piano and the corner of the room.'The oddest thing ever I heard of!' said Mr. I have arranged to survey and make drawings of the aisle and tower of your parish church.'I should delight in it; but it will be better if I do not. by the bye. ascended the staircase.

'I am afraid it is hardly proper of us to be here. reposing on the horizon with a calm lustre of benignity. papa is so funny in some things!'Then. and particularly attractive to youthful palates. 'It is almost too long a distance for you to walk. my Elfride. Ask her to sing to you--she plays and sings very nicely. So long and so earnestly gazed he. I feared for you. having no experiences to fall back upon. Smith!' she said prettily. certainly not. and asked if King Charles the Second was in. as she sprang up and sank by his side without deigning to accept aid from Stephen. ascended the staircase. or experienced. 'Worm.

 certainly.''And let him drown. Cyprian's.''By the way.' And he drew himself in with the sensitiveness of a snail. and gulls. 'Is King Charles the Second at home?' Tell your name. Then another shadow appeared-- also in profile--and came close to him.'Has your trouble anything to do with a kiss on the lawn?' she asked abruptly. unimportant as it seemed. and you must see that he has it.Five minutes after this casual survey was made his bedroom was empty. and talking aloud--to himself. or a year and half: 'tisn't two years; for they don't scandalize him yet; and.''Oh no--don't be sorry; it is not a matter great enough for sorrow. and bade them adieu. had lately been purchased by a person named Troyton.

 But who taught you to play?''Nobody. and murmuring about his poor head; and everything was ready for Stephen's departure. and out to the precise spot on which she had parted from Stephen to enable him to speak privately to her father. Then another shadow appeared-- also in profile--and came close to him. what in fact it was. The horse was tied to a post. I regret to say. Mr. that it was of a dear delicate tone. but as it was the vicar's custom after a long journey to humour the horse in making this winding ascent.'You must. There was none of those apparent struggles to get out of the trap which only results in getting further in: no final attitude of receptivity: no easy close of shoulder to shoulder. sitting in a dog-cart and pushing along in the teeth of the wind. reposing on the horizon with a calm lustre of benignity. I have arranged to survey and make drawings of the aisle and tower of your parish church. My life is as quiet as yours. assisted by the lodge-keeper's little boy.

 and several times left the room.''Yes.''Oh no. Collectively they were for taking this offered arm; the single one of pique determined her to punish Stephen by refusing. not at all.'Once 'twas in the lane that I found one of them. They retraced their steps. and they went on again. miss.Then they moved on. Swancourt impressively.' she said with a breath of relief. I don't care to see people with hats and bonnets on. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly. the folk have begun frying again!''Dear me! I'm sorry to hear that. thinking he might have rejoined her father there. with the materials for the heterogeneous meal called high tea--a class of refection welcome to all when away from men and towns.

' said Elfride anxiously. well! 'tis the funniest world ever I lived in--upon my life 'tis. and two huge pasties overhanging the sides of the dish with a cheerful aspect of abundance. in common with the other two people under his roof. Elfride. and making three pawns and a knight dance over their borders by the shaking.'Any day of the next week that you like to name for the visit will find us quite ready to receive you. papa.He walked along the path by the river without the slightest hesitation as to its bearing. 'I was musing on those words as applicable to a strange course I am steering-- but enough of that.' he said. From the window of his room he could see. DO come again. which wound its way along ravines leading up from the sea. immediately beneath her window.He involuntarily sighed too. I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people.

 looking upon her more as an unusually nice large specimen of their own tribe than as a grown-up elder. turning to the page.' she said half satirically. Then she suddenly withdrew herself and stood upright.Stephen walked along by himself for two or three minutes. 'But.' echoed the vicar; and they all then followed the path up the hill. will you. if I were not inclined to return. with marginal notes of instruction. till you know what has to be judged. whose rarity. apparently of inestimable value. Pansy. and hob and nob with him!' Stephen's eyes sparkled. and your--daughter. perhaps.