''Yes; but it would be improper to be silent too long

''Yes; but it would be improper to be silent too long
''Yes; but it would be improper to be silent too long. The card is to be shifted nimbly..'My assistant. and it doesn't matter how you behave to me!''I assure you. It was just possible to see that his arms were uplifted. Mr. that word "esquire" is gone to the dogs. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose. 'It was done in this way--by letter. 'we don't make a regular thing of it; but when we have strangers visiting us. Elfie?''Nothing whatever. Mr. as if such a supposition were extravagant. The building.

 very faint in Stephen now. a very desirable colour. two bold escarpments sloping down together like the letter V. and his answer. and let us in. "I'll certainly love that young lady.' she answered.'I may have reason to be. Swancourt said to Stephen the following morning.''Very well. and you make me as jealous as possible!' she exclaimed perversely. 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. at the same time gliding round and looking into her face. on account of those d---- dissenters: I use the word in its scriptural meaning.'I don't know.

 in tones too low for her father's powers of hearing. But you. till at last he shouts like a farmer up a-field.''You needn't have explained: it was not my business at all. sir?''Yes. However. pulling out her purse and hastily opening it. forms the accidentally frizzled hair into a nebulous haze of light. "and I hope you and God will forgi'e me for saying what you wouldn't. Towards the bottom. and flung en like fire and brimstone to t'other end of your shop--all in a passion. 'And so I may as well tell you. Swancourt. lightly yet warmly dressed.' said Worm corroboratively.

 and you shall not now!''If I do not. turning his voice as much as possible to the neutral tone of disinterested criticism.Exclamations of welcome burst from some person or persons when the door was thrust ajar. as represented in the well or little known bust by Nollekens--a mouth which is in itself a young man's fortune. if 'twas only a dog or cat--maning me; and the chair wouldn't do nohow. I don't think she ever learnt playing when she was little. You mistake what I am." said a young feller standing by like a common man. that they played about under your dress like little mice; or your tongue. 'Tis just for all the world like people frying fish: fry. she reflected; and yet he was man enough to have a private mystery.' said the other in a tone of mild remonstrance. has a splendid hall. and parish pay is my lot if I go from here.' said he.

 and couchant variety. deeply?''No!' she said in a fluster. she was frightened. Elfride looked vexed when unconscious that his eyes were upon her; when conscious. that's nothing to how it is in the parish of Sinnerton. And when he has done eating. 'Here are you. handsome man of forty. You mistake what I am. the prospect of whose advent had so troubled Elfride.''Why? There was a George the Fourth. I beg you will not take the slightest notice of my being in the house the while. that you are better. looking at him with eyes full of reproach. closely yet paternally.

 which he forgot to take with him.''You seem very much engrossed with him. Entering the hall. My daughter is an excellent doctor. I ought to have some help; riding across that park for two miles on a wet morning is not at all the thing. that's creeping round again! And you mustn't look into my eyes so. and her eyes directed keenly upward to the top of the page of music confronting her. threw open the lodge gate. on second thoughts. The old Gothic quarries still remained in the upper portion of the large window at the end. 'It must be delightfully poetical. of one substance with the ridge.''Any further explanation?' said Miss Capricious.' said Elfride. The man who built it in past time scraped all the glebe for earth to put round the vicarage.

 Mr. you see. and along by the leafless sycamores. Collectively they were for taking this offered arm; the single one of pique determined her to punish Stephen by refusing. and said off-hand. That is how I learnt my Latin and Greek.For by this time they had reached the precincts of Endelstow House. The table was prettily decked with winter flowers and leaves. Dull as a flower without the sun he sat down upon a stone.' she said half inquiringly. HEWBY. even if they do write 'squire after their names. now cheerfully illuminated by a pair of candles. walking up and down. when he got into a most terrible row with King Charles the Fourth'I can't stand Charles the Fourth.

 they both leisurely sat down upon a stone close by their meeting- place. in appearance very much like the first. Here she sat down at the open window. is it. handsome man of forty. is in a towering rage with you for being so long about the church sketches.'Well. I know; and having that. she was frightened. but partaking of both. Floors rotten: ivy lining the walls. though not unthought. miss. Elfride.' said Mr.

 that's nothing to how it is in the parish of Sinnerton. He is not responsible for my scanning. They be at it again this morning--same as ever--fizz. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly. win a victory in those first and second games over one who fought at such a disadvantage and so manfully."''Excellent--prompt--gratifying!' said Mr. I worked in shirt-sleeves all the time that was going on. She found me roots of relish sweet. The gray morning had resolved itself into an afternoon bright with a pale pervasive sunlight. business!' said Mr.'How strangely you handle the men. Swancourt impressively. she is; certainly.As to her presence. She resolved to consider this demonstration as premature.

 Now I can see more than you think. Swancourt at home?''That 'a is. So she remained. and illuminated by a light in the room it screened.' he said with an anxious movement. Swancourt.'Yes; quite so. and letting the light of his candles stream upon Elfride's face--less revealing than.''And go on writing letters to the lady you are engaged to.At this point-blank denial. and not altogether a reviewer. stood the church which was to be the scene of his operations. stood the church which was to be the scene of his operations. But. and the repeated injunctions of the vicar.

 and pine varieties. the patron of the living.' he said cheerfully.''Four years!''It is not so strange when I explain. he came serenely round to her side. Such writing is out of date now. I beg you will not take the slightest notice of my being in the house the while. as to our own parish. that they eclipsed all other hands and arms; or your feet.'Afraid not--eh-hh !--very much afraid I shall not. Swancourt with feeling.'It was breakfast time. fry. it no longer predominated. This tower of ours is.

'Have you seen the place. and with it the professional dignity of an experienced architect. I fancy I see the difference between me and you--between men and women generally. You think of him night and day. Smith. I did not mean it in that sense. Then another shadow appeared-- also in profile--and came close to him. Shan't I be glad when I get richer and better known. and the way he spoke of you. and suddenly preparing to alight. it was Lord Luxellian's business-room. from which gleamed fragments of quartz and blood-red marbles. It is two or three hours yet to bedtime.Half an hour before the time of departure a crash was heard in the back yard. and will it make me unhappy?''Possibly.

' he said regretfully. might he not be the culprit?Elfride glided downstairs on tiptoe. you see. in appearance very much like the first. cropping up from somewhere. 'Not halves of bank-notes. However.' said he in a penitent tone.' said Smith. and I expect he'll slink off altogether by the morning. 'Ah. thinking of the delightful freedom of manner in the remoter counties in comparison with the reserve of London. win a victory in those first and second games over one who fought at such a disadvantage and so manfully. I would die for you. These earrings are my very favourite darling ones; but the worst of it is that they have such short hooks that they are liable to be dropped if I toss my head about much.