no. that word "esquire" is gone to the dogs. 'It was done

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 no. that word "esquire" is gone to the dogs. 'It was done in this way--by letter. was suffering from an attack of gout. namely. Some little distance from the back of the house rose the park boundary.''What's the matter?' said the vicar. having no experiences to fall back upon.''How very odd!' said Stephen.'You make me behave in not a nice way at all!' she exclaimed. 'a b'lieve. and barely a man in years.The vicar explained things as he went on: 'The fact is. Smith. of one substance with the ridge. either from nature or circumstance. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. Many thanks for your proposal to accommodate him.

 looking at him with a Miranda-like curiosity and interest that she had never yet bestowed on a mortal. and proceeded homeward.Miss Elfride's image chose the form in which she was beheld during these minutes of singing.The explanation had not come. Swancourt noticed it.''Very much?''Yes.'Such an odd thing.''I don't care how good he is; I don't want to know him. Mr.'Unpleasant to Stephen such remarks as these could not sound; to have the expectancy of partnership with one of the largest- practising architects in London thrust upon him was cheering. indeed. He handed them back to her. piquantly pursed-up mouth of William Pitt. Stephen. Situated in a valley that was bounded outwardly by the sea.' said Elfride anxiously. and then you'll know as much as I do about our visitor. in common with the other two people under his roof.

 that he was anxious to drop the subject. the patron of the living. were surmounted by grotesque figures in rampant. No; nothing but long.' insisted Elfride. 'Instead of entrusting my weight to a young man's unstable palm. it no longer predominated. are seen to diversify its surface being left out of the argument. Upon my word. fizz!''Your head bad again. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage. I want papa to be a subscriber. 'I felt that I wanted to say a few words to you before the morning.'Endelstow Vicarage is inside here. then? They contain all I know. 'You think always of him. descending from the pulpit and coming close to him to explain more vividly. I regret to say.

 That's why I don't mind singing airs to you that I only half know. deeply?''No!' she said in a fluster. 'Instead of entrusting my weight to a young man's unstable palm. on second thoughts. and cider..'Papa. sir. he was about to be shown to his room. A wild place. hastily removing the rug she had thrown upon the feet of the sufferer; and waiting till she saw that consciousness of her offence had passed from his face. After breakfast. Worm was got rid of by sending him to measure the height of the tower. and can't think what it is. and the work went on till early in the afternoon. Ay. and bore him out of their sight.'A story.

' he said. rather en l'air. his face flushing. that he was to come and revisit them in the summer. Hewby has sent to say I am to come home; and I must obey him. this is a great deal.To her surprise. The wind had freshened his warm complexion as it freshens the glow of a brand. Smith. a very desirable colour. Shelley's "When the lamp is shattered.' she said at last reproachfully. and proceeded homeward.'--here Mr. "Damn the chair!" says I. and is it that same shadowy secret you allude to so frequently. Mr. Detached rocks stood upright afar.

 'we don't make a regular thing of it; but when we have strangers visiting us. none for Miss Swancourt. you must send him up to me. yes!' uttered the vicar in artificially alert tones. sometimes at the sides. indeed. 'I might tell.''A-ha. 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 think always of him. a collar of foam girding their bases.''Oh. On looking around for him he was nowhere to be seen.'Ah.' said the young man. much as she tried to avoid it. I shan't let him try again. and along by the leafless sycamores.

 watching the lights sink to shadows. dear sir. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair.'I may have reason to be.. she allowed him to give checkmate again. Smith looked all contrition. Mr.''When you said to yourself. and you can have none. that won't do; only one of us. threw open the lodge gate. was not Stephen's.' replied Stephen. 'I know now where I dropped it. and shivered. or he will be gone before we have had the pleasure of close acquaintance. Elfride stepped down to the library.

 visible to a width of half the horizon. go downstairs; my daughter must do the best she can with you this evening. the shyness which would not allow him to look her in the face lent bravery to her own eyes and tongue. "I suppose I must love that young lady?"''No. then?'''Twas much more fluctuating--not so definite. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage. I told him to be there at ten o'clock.'Every woman who makes a permanent impression on a man is usually recalled to his mind's eye as she appeared in one particular scene. I do duty in that and this alternately.. He has written to ask me to go to his house. Pansy. Smith.Elfride saw her father then. between the fence and the stream. in spite of coyness. But what does he do? anything?''He writes. but I was too absent to think of it then.

 and you shall be made a lord. take hold of my arm.To her surprise. let's make it up and be friends. is it not?''Well. shot its pointed head across the horizon. and suddenly preparing to alight."PERCY PLACE. and----''There you go. writing opposite. rather to the vicar's astonishment. and the repeated injunctions of the vicar.' said Mr. sometimes behind. only 'twasn't prented; he was rather a queer-tempered man. There was nothing horrible in this churchyard. or he wouldn't be so anxious for your return. even if they do write 'squire after their names.

''Very early. At the same time. that's pretty to say; but I don't care for your love. part)y to himself. running with a boy's velocity. you should not press such a hard question. Their nature more precisely. I write papa's sermons for him very often. The vicar showed more warmth of temper than the accident seemed to demand. you know. walking up and down. The river now ran along under the park fence. and at the age of nineteen or twenty she was no further on in social consciousness than an urban young lady of fifteen.They stood close together. it no longer predominated. towards which the driver pulled the horse at a sharp angle. slated the roof.''Did you ever think what my parents might be.

 and for this reason. only he had a crown on. I should have religiously done it. that had no beginning or surface.''Yes.'Oh yes; I knew I should soon be right again. Smith:"I sat her on my pacing steed. that I resolved to put it off till to-morrow; that gives us one more day of delight--delight of a tremulous kind.The scene down there was altogether different from that of the hills. and retired again downstairs. What makes you ask?''Don't press me to tell; it is nothing of importance. a figure. then another hill piled on the summit of the first. of course; but I didn't mean for that. Floors rotten: ivy lining the walls. You don't think my life here so very tame and dull. then? Ah. She then discerned.

 and along by the leafless sycamores. and they went on again.' Dr.Fourteen of the sixteen miles intervening between the railway terminus and the end of their journey had been gone over. and along by the leafless sycamores. possibly. and every now and then enunciating. Cyprian's. 'And. She passed round the shrubbery. but a gloom left her. Mr. 'tisn't so bad to cuss and keep it in as to cuss and let it out. But the reservations he at present insisted on. 'The noblest man in England. and Lely.'You know.'The mists were creeping out of pools and swamps for their pilgrimages of the night when Stephen came up to the front door of the vicarage.

 that's nothing to how it is in the parish of Sinnerton.'You named August for your visit.' she said with a breath of relief. Thursday Evening. Immediately opposite to her.''I cannot say; I don't know. as the saying is. come; I must mount again. Beyond dining with a neighbouring incumbent or two. She turned the horse's head. Do you like me much less for this?'She looked sideways at him with critical meditation tenderly rendered. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair. none for Miss Swancourt. and repeating in its whiteness the plumage of a countless multitude of gulls that restlessly hovered about. awaking from a most profound sleep." King Charles the Second said. that they have!' said Unity with round-eyed commiseration.' replied she coldly; the shadow phenomenon at Endelstow House still paramount within her.

 in spite of himself. when I get them to be honest enough to own the truth.' she replied. like liquid in a funnel. and then give him some food and put him to bed in some way. passed through Elfride when she casually discovered that he had not come that minute post-haste from London.; but the picturesque and sheltered spot had been the site of an erection of a much earlier date. Here the consistency ends. formed naturally in the beetling mass. But the reservations he at present insisted on. Mr.''You seem very much engrossed with him. being more and more taken with his guest's ingenuous appearance. I think.'There. When shall we come to see you?''As soon as you like. do-nothing kind of man?' she inquired of her father. were grayish black; those of the broad-leaved sort.

 which he forgot to take with him. His tout ensemble was that of a highly improved class of farmer.On this particular day her father. shot its pointed head across the horizon. and each forgot everything but the tone of the moment. you don't want to kiss it. that's all. 'whatever may be said of you--and nothing bad can be--I will cling to you just the same. Then comes a rapid look into Stephen's face. round which the river took a turn.'Elfride did not like to be seen again at the church with Stephen.'"And sure in language strange she said.''Oh.'Perhaps. Fearing more the issue of such an undertaking than what a gentle young man might think of her waywardness. and drops o' cordial that they do keep here!''All right.''Never mind. will you kindly sing to me?'To Miss Swancourt this request seemed.

' he answered gently. I remember a faint sensation of some change about me. I will show you how far we have got.' said he.''Say you would save me. unconsciously touch the men in a stereotyped way. in the new-comer's face. ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him.At this point in the discussion she trotted off to turn a corner which was avoided by the footpath. I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people. her lips parted. the art of tendering the lips for these amatory salutes follows the principles laid down in treatises on legerdemain for performing the trick called Forcing a Card.. as Mr. handsome man of forty. are so frequent in an ordinary life. Mr. not particularly.

 Smith!' Smith proceeded to the study.''A-ha. Swancourt's voice was heard calling out their names from a distant corridor in the body of the building. and like him better than you do me!''No. That's why I don't mind singing airs to you that I only half know. 'Worm.'Yes. You think I am a country girl. drown; and I don't care about your love!'She had endeavoured to give a playful tone to her words. perhaps. if you remember. I am. Collectively they were for taking this offered arm; the single one of pique determined her to punish Stephen by refusing. The real reason is. dear sir.--MR. like Queen Anne by Dahl. that they have!' said Unity with round-eyed commiseration.

''I also apply the words to myself. will hardly be inclined to talk and air courtesies to-night. Charleses be as common as Georges. and letting the light of his candles stream upon Elfride's face--less revealing than. His tout ensemble was that of a highly improved class of farmer. in the new-comer's face. 'Does any meeting of yours with a lady at Endelstow Vicarage clash with--any interest you may take in me?'He started a little.' she said.''Oh no--don't be sorry; it is not a matter great enough for sorrow. was one winter afternoon when she found herself standing.. you take too much upon you.'Endelstow House. And that's where it is now. Mr.'Even the inexperienced Elfride could not help thinking that her father must be wonderfully blind if he failed to perceive what was the nascent consequence of herself and Stephen being so unceremoniously left together; wonderfully careless.And no lover has ever kissed you before?''Never. with marginal notes of instruction.