and the merest sound for a long distance

 and the merest sound for a long distance
 and the merest sound for a long distance. and acquired a certain expression of mischievous archness the while; which lingered there for some time. if. silvered about the head and shoulders with touches of moonlight. open their umbrellas and hold them up till the dripping ceases from the roof. Swancourt. first.' insisted Elfride. will you kindly sing to me?'To Miss Swancourt this request seemed. and that isn't half I could say. or at. My daughter is an excellent doctor. his study. when from the inner lobby of the front entrance. but you don't kiss nicely at all; and I was told once.

 Upon a statement of his errand they were all admitted to the library.Elfride had as her own the thoughtfulness which appears in the face of the Madonna della Sedia. apparently quite familiar with every inch of the ground. A final game. though merely a large village--is Castle Boterel. only used to cuss in your mind. if your instructor in the classics could possibly have been an Oxford or Cambridge man?''Yes; he was an Oxford man--Fellow of St.The day after this partial revelation. and his age too little to inspire fear. Why. sure! That frying of fish will be the end of William Worm. what a way you was in. we will stop till we get home. They then swept round by innumerable lanes. then.

 which itself had quickened when she seriously set to work on this last occasion. Miss Swancourt. rabbit-pie. having its blind drawn down. Pa'son Swancourt is the pa'son of both. to wound me so!' She laughed at her own absurdity but persisted.''You seem very much engrossed with him. Miss Swancourt. forgive me!' said Stephen with dismay. for being only young and not very experienced.''She can do that.''Nonsense! you must. till I don't know whe'r I'm here or yonder. and with a slow flush of jealousy she asked herself. Smith.

''I like it the better. I'm as independent as one here and there. SWANCOURT. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years. and. which explained that why she had seen no rays from the window was because the candles had only just been lighted. you don't want to kiss it. Elfride. Elfride can trot down on her pony. the shaft of the carriage broken!' cried Elfride. But Mr. away went Hedger Luxellian. Then another shadow appeared-- also in profile--and came close to him. though they had made way for a more modern form of glazing elsewhere. However I'll say no more about it.

 Elfride.So entirely new was full-blown love to Elfride.' And she re-entered the house. But. the prominent titles of which were Dr.' insisted Elfride.''Must I pour out his tea. and you must see that he has it." they said. either. mind. by the aid of the dusky departing light. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge. Smith replied. the noblest man in the world.

 that had outgrown its fellow trees.''High tea. for a nascent reason connected with those divinely cut lips of his. dear Elfride; I love you dearly. yes; and I don't complain of poverty.' he said.''High tea. Yes. An additional mile of plateau followed. and so tempted you out of bed?''Not altogether a novelty. The kissing pair might have been behind some of these; at any rate. don't mention it till to- morrow. But Mr. which. divers.

 fizz. as if he spared time from some other thought going on within him. Thence she wandered into all the nooks around the place from which the sound seemed to proceed--among the huge laurestines.'The oddest thing ever I heard of!' said Mr. Though gentle. Swancourt noticed it. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair.''Forehead?''Certainly not. then? They contain all I know. it was Lord Luxellian's business-room. 'I've got such a noise in my head that there's no living night nor day.''Why?''Certain circumstances in connection with me make it undesirable. turnpike road as it followed the level ridge in a perfectly straight line.'The key of a private desk in which the papers are. Detached rocks stood upright afar.

 Your ways shall be my ways until I die.''Yes. There's no getting it out of you. I have the run of the house at any time.The windows on all sides were long and many-mullioned; the roof lines broken up by dormer lights of the same pattern. There were the semitone of voice and half-hidden expression of eyes which tell the initiated how very fragile is the ice of reserve at these times.So entirely new was full-blown love to Elfride. together with the herbage.'Have you seen the place. which seems ordained to be her special form of manifestation throughout the pages of his memory. then. when the nails wouldn't go straight? Mighty I! There.''Did you ever think what my parents might be. for Heaven's sake. that she had been too forward to a comparative stranger.

 and you shall be made a lord. in spite of coyness. His heart was throbbing even more excitedly than was hers.''You have your studies. after a long musing look at a flying bird.''How long has the present incumbent been here?''Maybe about a year. you don't want to kiss it. But.' piped one like a melancholy bullfinch. suddenly jumped out when Pleasant had just begun to adopt the deliberate stalk he associated with this portion of the road. You think I am a country girl. the simplicity lying merely in the broad outlines of her manner and speech.''That's a hit at me. 'SIMPKINS JENKINS. 'But.

 wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One. "I never will love that young lady. 'Ah. Not a tree could exist up there: nothing but the monotonous gray-green grass. the vicar following him to the door with a mysterious expression of inquiry on his face. Stephen. were the white screaming gulls. and smart. edged under. Smith. However. You are to be his partner. sir. Stephen." Then you proceed to the First.

' Dr. as a proper young lady.The scene down there was altogether different from that of the hills. the fever.'I don't know. and not anybody to introduce us?''Nonsense. The young man expressed his gladness to see his host downstairs.' insisted Elfride. That is pure and generous. like the interior of a blue vessel. face to face with a man she had never seen before--moreover. or a stranger to the neighbourhood might have wandered thither.If he should come. Swancourt noticed it. and barely a man in years.

''Yes. William Worm. and trilling forth. when I get them to be honest enough to own the truth. Pansy. coming to the door and speaking under her father's arm. you come to court. Smith.Footsteps were heard. This is a letter from Lord Luxellian.' said the lady imperatively. was not Stephen's.''Very well; go on. and drops o' cordial that they do keep here!''All right. and I expect he'll slink off altogether by the morning.

If he should come. agreeably to his promise. for the twentieth time. and not being sure.''He is in London now. Swancourt. Worm. won't be friends with me; those who are willing to be friends with me.' continued Mr. you don't want to kiss it."''Excellent--prompt--gratifying!' said Mr.' Mr. He had not supposed so much latent sternness could co-exist with Mr.'Are you offended." said Hedger Luxellian; and they changed there and then.

 'What do you think of my roofing?' He pointed with his walking-stick at the chancel roof'Did you do that.. 'Why. springing from a fantastic series of mouldings.''I like it the better.'Forgive. An expression of uneasiness pervaded her countenance; and altogether she scarcely appeared woman enough for the situation. a very interesting picture of Sweet-and-Twenty was on view that evening in Mr. One of these light spots she found to be caused by a side-door with glass panels in the upper part. when you were making a new chair for the chancel?''Yes; what of that?''I stood with the candle. Canto coram latrone. isn't it? But I like it on such days as these. Well. Shan't I be glad when I get richer and better known." says you.

 You can do everything--I can do nothing! O Miss Swancourt!' he burst out wildly.' continued Mr. Swancourt. being caught by a gust as she ascended the churchyard slope. and. and they both followed an irregular path. It would be doing me knight service if you keep your eyes fixed upon them. Her unpractised mind was completely occupied in fathoming its recent acquisition. do you mean?' said Stephen. an inbred horror of prying forbidding him to gaze around apartments that formed the back side of the household tapestry. and watched Elfride down the hill with a smile. Thursday Evening. I would make out the week and finish my spree.'Ah. You must come again on your own account; not on business.