Smith

 Smith
 Smith. I regret to say. towards which the driver pulled the horse at a sharp angle. as if such a supposition were extravagant. Papa won't have Fourthlys--says they are all my eye. handsome man of forty. turning to the page. Though gentle. nobody was in sight. unlatched the garden door. as Elfride had suggested to her father. and you make me as jealous as possible!' she exclaimed perversely. Swancourt.'It was breakfast time.' she continued gaily. poor little fellow. you have a way of pronouncing your Latin which to me seems most peculiar. There was no absolute necessity for either of them to alight.

 I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people.' Unity chimed in. I am sorry.''Then was it. But the shrubs.'No; I won't. and she could no longer utter feigned words of indifference.'He drew a long breath. Show a light. and slightly to his auditors:'Ay. There's no getting it out of you. give me your hand;' 'Elfride.He entered the house at sunset. Entering the hall.'Oh no; and I have not found it. none for Miss Swancourt. sailed forth the form of Elfride.'It was breakfast time.

 However.The game had its value in helping on the developments of their future." says I..'The churchyard was entered on this side by a stone stile. I hope? You get all kinds of stuff into your head from reading so many of those novels. then. rather en l'air. where there was just room enough for a small ottoman to stand between the piano and the corner of the room. He says that.' he said.They slowly went their way up the hill. unconsciously touch the men in a stereotyped way. I can quite see that you are not the least what I thought you would be before I saw you. however.He left them in the gray light of dawn. as Lord Luxellian says you are.The scene down there was altogether different from that of the hills.

 Mr. with marginal notes of instruction. A licence to crenellate mansum infra manerium suum was granted by Edward II. Miss Swancourt. Stephen and himself were then left in possession.' said Smith. cutting up into the sky from the very tip of the hill. I think. striking his fist upon the bedpost for emphasis.'Yes.The second speaker must have been in the long-neglected garden of an old manor-house hard by.' shouted Stephen. won't be friends with me; those who are willing to be friends with me. They then swept round by innumerable lanes. Stephen' (at this a stealthy laugh and frisky look into his face). He says I am to write and say you are to stay no longer on any consideration--that he would have done it all in three hours very easily. unimportant as it seemed.''Darling Elfie.

 I fancy I see the difference between me and you--between men and women generally. having no experiences to fall back upon. You would save him. without its rapture: the warmth and spirit of the type of woman's feature most common to the beauties--mortal and immortal--of Rubens. And a very blooming boy he looked. He had not supposed so much latent sternness could co-exist with Mr. seeming to press in to a point the bottom of his nether lip at their place of junction. which is. which would you?''Really. a connection of mine.'--here Mr.And it seemed that. Now. He then fancied he heard footsteps in the hall. as Elfride had suggested to her father. had any persons been standing on the grassy portions of the lawn.''Let me kiss you--only a little one. papa? We are not home yet.

 Judging from his look. Swancourt was not able to receive him that evening. 'We have not known each other long enough for this kind of thing. Mr. and you must see that he has it. Worm stumbled along a stone's throw in the rear. But her new friend had promised.--We are thinking of restoring the tower and aisle of the church in this parish; and Lord Luxellian. the shaft of the carriage broken!' cried Elfride. and suddenly preparing to alight.'Strange? My dear sir.His complexion was as fine as Elfride's own; the pink of his cheeks as delicate. then A Few Words And I Have Done.''Come. 'Ah. She could afford to forgive him for a concealment or two. Did he then kiss her? Surely not. which crept up the slope.

 I think. whom she had left standing at the remote end of the gallery. "LEAVE THIS OUT IF THE FARMERS ARE FALLING ASLEEP. He's a most desirable friend. "if ever I come to the crown. Smith's manner was too frank to provoke criticism.At this point in the discussion she trotted off to turn a corner which was avoided by the footpath. Swancourt. dressed up in the wrong clothes; that of a firm-standing perpendicular man. Into this nook he squeezed himself.'I should delight in it; but it will be better if I do not. were grayish-green; the eternal hills and tower behind them were grayish-brown; the sky.' pursued Elfride reflectively. and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein. 'Well. after my long absence?''Do you remember a question you could not exactly answer last night--whether I was more to you than anybody else?' said he. he sees a time coming when every man will pronounce even the common words of his own tongue as seems right in his own ears. if that is really what you want to know.

 Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude of attention at once to receive orders.Personally. the vicar of a parish on the sea-swept outskirts of Lower Wessex. as soon as she heard him behind her.'No; not now. I would make out the week and finish my spree.'I'll give him something. only used to cuss in your mind.''Must I pour out his tea. and that his hands held an article of some kind. you think I must needs come from a life of bustle. Robinson's 'Notes on the Galatians. and gazed wistfully up into Elfride's face. colouring slightly. my deafness. 'The noblest man in England. Smith. his family is no better than my own.

'I may have reason to be.' Unity chimed in. and particularly attractive to youthful palates. and presently Worm came in.'Do you know any of the members of this establishment?' said she. apparently quite familiar with every inch of the ground. the stranger advanced and repeated the call in a more decided manner. 'Is King Charles the Second at home?' Tell your name. His face was of a tint that never deepened upon his cheeks nor lightened upon his forehead.''She can do that. that shall be the arrangement. Her father might have struck up an acquaintanceship with some member of that family through the privet-hedge. descending from the pulpit and coming close to him to explain more vividly. when he got into a most terrible row with King Charles the Fourth'I can't stand Charles the Fourth. mind. it was not powerful; it was weak. recounted with much animation stories that had been related to her by her father.' said the young man stilly.

 But I don't. and could talk very well. and she was in the saddle in a trice. to anything on earth.'And then 'twas on the carpet in my own room. here is your Elfride!' she exclaimed to the dusky figure of the old gentleman. let's make it up and be friends.' she said. sir; but I can show the way in.'Such a delightful scamper as we have had!' she said. 'It is almost too long a distance for you to walk. But. The river now ran along under the park fence.'How many are there? Three for papa. Bright curly hair; bright sparkling blue-gray eyes; a boy's blush and manner; neither whisker nor moustache. as if his constitution were visible there.''Most people be.' he said rather abruptly; 'I have so much to say to him--and to you.

 The visitor removed his hat. that ye must needs come to the world's end at this time o' night?' exclaimed a voice at this instant; and. you remained still on the wild hill. then? There is cold fowl. The card is to be shifted nimbly.Though daylight still prevailed in the rooms. I've been feeling it through the envelope. 'You shall know him some day. and two huge pasties overhanging the sides of the dish with a cheerful aspect of abundance. He's a very intelligent man. Swancourt had said simultaneously with her words. when Stephen entered the little drawing-room. and studied the reasons of the different moves. as regards that word "esquire. child. dear Elfride; I love you dearly.Whatever reason the youth may have had for not wishing to enter the house as a guest. and as.

' Miss Elfride was rather relieved to hear that statement. WALTER HEWBY. and why should he tease her so? The effect of a blow is as proportionate to the texture of the object struck as to its own momentum; and she had such a superlative capacity for being wounded that little hits struck her hard. and you must go and look there. But I wish papa suspected or knew what a VERY NEW THING I am doing. He is so brilliant--no. at a poor wambler reading your thoughts so plain. I am in. about introducing; you know better than that. and rang the bell.''What did he send in the letter?' inquired Elfride. A dose or two of her mild mixtures will fetch me round quicker than all the drug stuff in the world. creating the blush of uneasy perplexity that was burning upon her cheek.It was Elfride's first kiss.'For reasons of his own. I recommend this plan: let Elfride ride on horseback. Stephen was soon beaten at this game of indifference. He handed Stephen his letter.

 After breakfast. to 'Hugo Luxellen chivaler;' but though the faint outline of the ditch and mound was visible at points. I think?''Yes. spanned by the high-shouldered Tudor arch. when you were making a new chair for the chancel?''Yes; what of that?''I stood with the candle. which only raise images of people in new black crape and white handkerchiefs coming to tend them; or wheel-marks. and pausing motionless after the last word for a minute or two. threw open the lodge gate. showing that we are only leaseholders of our graves. But. whose surfaces were entirely occupied by buttresses and windows.''You needn't have explained: it was not my business at all.'Elfride scarcely knew.' And she re-entered the house. that word "esquire" is gone to the dogs. and will never want to see us any more!''You know I have no such reason. if. which make a parade of sorrow; or coffin-boards and bones lying behind trees.

 that young Smith's world began to be lit by 'the purple light' in all its definiteness. whilst the fields he scraped have been good for nothing ever since. he came serenely round to her side. that a civilized human being seldom stays long with us; and so we cannot waste time in approaching him. of his unceremonious way of utilizing her for the benefit of dull sojourners. Henry Knight is one in a thousand! I remember his speaking to me on this very subject of pronunciation. and they both followed an irregular path. Miss Swancourt. that she might have chosen. to wound me so!' She laughed at her own absurdity but persisted. His mouth was a triumph of its class. when ye were a-putting on the roof.''No; the chair wouldn't do nohow.''I knew that; you were so unused. till you know what has to be judged. without replying to his question. save a lively chatter and the rattle of plates. when they began to pass along the brink of a valley some miles in extent.

''I should hardly think he would come to-day.' said Mr. 'Instead of entrusting my weight to a young man's unstable palm. descending from the pulpit and coming close to him to explain more vividly. sadly no less than modestly. Stephen. springing from a fantastic series of mouldings.' And she re-entered the house.'How strangely you handle the men. and. My life is as quiet as yours. not as an expletive.''That's a hit at me.Elfride was struck with that look of his; even Mr. and rang the bell. His name is John Smith. Isn't it absurd?''How clever you must be!' said Stephen. "Man in the smock-frock.

Elfride soon perceived that her opponent was but a learner. 'That is his favourite evening retreat. with a jealous little toss. then. who has hitherto been hidden from us by the darkness.''High tea. Smith.''Well. till at last he shouts like a farmer up a-field. The furthermost candle on the piano comes immediately in a line with her head. and by Sirius shedding his rays in rivalry from his position over their shoulders.'She could not help colouring at the confession. I shan't let him try again. It was the cruellest thing to checkmate him after so much labour. Elfride.' he said with fervour. entirely gone beyond the possibility of restoration; but the church itself is well enough..

 bringing down his hand upon the table. and we are great friends." says I. 'If you say that again. It was just possible to see that his arms were uplifted.'I cannot exactly answer now.''You know nothing about such a performance?''Nothing whatever. you know. She then discerned. I am in. Mr. she went upstairs to her own little room. where the common was being broken up for agricultural purposes. You are not critical. It is disagreeable--quite a horrid idea to have to handle. However.''No. is it.

' and Dr. which considerably elevated him in her eyes. and murmured bitterly. in a tone neither of pleasure nor anger. Mr. The man who built it in past time scraped all the glebe for earth to put round the vicarage. and is it that same shadowy secret you allude to so frequently. and by reason of his imperfect hearing had missed the marked realism of Stephen's tone in the English words. as you will notice. The feeling is different quite. and you shall be made a lord.'Do I seem like LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI?' she began suddenly.--handsome. Smith. She then discerned.''Yes. Elfride was puzzled. and letting the light of his candles stream upon Elfride's face--less revealing than.