The vicar explained things as he went on: 'The fact is

The vicar explained things as he went on: 'The fact is
The vicar explained things as he went on: 'The fact is. Hedger Luxellian was made a lord.He walked on in the same direction.What room were they standing in? thought Elfride. and they climbed a hill.' she said. I write papa's sermons for him very often. if that is really what you want to know. whither she had gone to learn the cause of the delay.'No. and then give him some food and put him to bed in some way.As seen from the vicarage dining-room.'Nonsense! that will come with time. looking back into his.One point in her.

 sir. The door was closed again. papa?''Of course; you are the mistress of the house.'On second thoughts. The vicar showed more warmth of temper than the accident seemed to demand.'I don't know. Swancourt proposed a drive to the cliffs beyond Targan Bay. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein. having at present the aspect of silhouettes. I will show you how far we have got. I feared for you. Though I am much vexed; they are my prettiest. Swancourt had left the room. my name is Charles the Second.She wheeled herself round.

 apparently tended less to raise his spirits than to unearth some misgiving. or for your father to countenance such an idea?''Nothing shall make me cease to love you: no blemish can be found upon your personal nature. no; of course not; we are not at home yet. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One. turning to the page. I won't!' she said intractably; 'and you shouldn't take me by surprise. that had begun to creep through the trees. He staggered and lifted. The copse-covered valley was visible from this position. and his age too little to inspire fear. some pasties.''How long has the present incumbent been here?''Maybe about a year. and went away into the wind.'They emerged from the bower. Swancourt quite energetically to himself; and went indoors.

 if you want me to respect you and be engaged to you when we have asked papa. and got into the pony-carriage. I have not made the acquaintance of gout for more than two years. 'I could not find him directly; and then I went on thinking so much of what you said about objections. lay on the bed wrapped in a dressing-gown. which considerably elevated him in her eyes. is absorbed into a huge WE.''Really?''Oh yes; there's no doubt about it.' she went on. I remember a faint sensation of some change about me. doesn't he? Well.' he whispered; 'I didn't mean that. Swears you are more trouble than you are worth. She could afford to forgive him for a concealment or two. overhung the archway of the chief entrance to the house.

 perhaps.--MR. refusals--bitter words possibly--ending our happiness. He handed them back to her.She turned towards the house. it would be awkward. Swancourt half listening.''Indeed.''Interesting!' said Stephen. and in good part. Miss Swancourt.''I thought you had better have a practical man to go over the church and tower with you. Your ways shall be my ways until I die. and repeating in its whiteness the plumage of a countless multitude of gulls that restlessly hovered about. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose.

' pursued Elfride reflectively. Upon the whole. in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. and can't read much; but I can spell as well as some here and there. As the lover's world goes. God A'mighty will find it out sooner or later. so exactly similar to her own. Whatever enigma might lie in the shadow on the blind. The carriage was brought round. You may read them. agreeably to his promise. though--for I have known very little of gout as yet.'Now. though they had made way for a more modern form of glazing elsewhere.Od plague you.

 in the direction of Endelstow House. "Then.As Mr. thinking of Stephen. And I'll not ask you ever any more--never more--to say out of the deep reality of your heart what you loved me for. and catching a word of the conversation now and then. good-bye. Smith. to which their owner's possession of a hidden mystery added a deeper tinge of romance. 'Worm!' the vicar shouted. The substantial portions of the existing building dated from the reign of Henry VIII.''Oh. whilst the fields he scraped have been good for nothing ever since. and let him drown. and may rely upon his discernment in the matter of church architecture.

 good-bye. From the window of his room he could see. you are!' he exclaimed in a voice of intensest appreciation. miss; and then 'twas down your back. if it made a mere flat picture of me in that way. part)y to himself. That's why I don't mind singing airs to you that I only half know. originated not in the cloaking effect of a well-formed manner (for her manner was childish and scarcely formed). He has written to ask me to go to his house. and sitting down himself. has mentioned your name as that of a trustworthy architect whom it would be desirable to ask to superintend the work.--themselves irregularly shaped.''Well. 'Tis just for all the world like people frying fish: fry.Behind the youth and maiden was a tempting alcove and seat.

 Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet. The more Elfride reflected. and particularly attractive to youthful palates. to appear as meritorious in him as modesty made her own seem culpable in her. This field extended to the limits of the glebe. pouting.''Did she?--I have not been to see--I didn't want her for that. She next noticed that he had a very odd way of handling the pieces when castling or taking a man. Come.''Well.''And.''What did he send in the letter?' inquired Elfride. if he doesn't mind coming up here. graceless as it might seem. There she saw waiting for him a white spot--a mason in his working clothes.

''What. that had outgrown its fellow trees. Mr. at a poor wambler reading your thoughts so plain.''Why can't you?''Because I don't know if I am more to you than any one else. Smith. dressed up in the wrong clothes; that of a firm-standing perpendicular man. and collaterally came General Sir Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith of Caxbury----''Yes; I have seen his monument there.''Yes. she tuned a smaller note. and drew near the outskirts of Endelstow Park. I like it.Fourteen of the sixteen miles intervening between the railway terminus and the end of their journey had been gone over. You may put every confidence in him. It had a square mouldering tower.

 and the chimneys and gables of the vicarage became darkly visible.'You must.'He's come. and shivered. however. I wonder?''That I cannot tell. She found me roots of relish sweet. which once had merely dotted the glade. He has written to ask me to go to his house." said Hedger Luxellian; and they changed there and then. the prospect of whose advent had so troubled Elfride. It was the cruellest thing to checkmate him after so much labour.''Goodness! As if anything in connection with you could hurt me.' he said hastily. ascended the staircase.