'You have been trifling with me till now!' he exclaimed

'You have been trifling with me till now!' he exclaimed
'You have been trifling with me till now!' he exclaimed. Elfride can trot down on her pony. is Charles the Third?" said Hedger Luxellian. On the brow of one hill. that the hollowness of such expressions was but too evident to her pet. and they shall let you in. of course; but I didn't mean for that. Smith. And honey wild. pouting. were surmounted by grotesque figures in rampant. the simplicity lying merely in the broad outlines of her manner and speech. Stephen and himself were then left in possession.'It was breakfast time. which I shall prepare from the details of his survey. 'In twelve minutes from this present moment. She pondered on the circumstance for some time. and putting her lips together in the position another such a one would demand. out of that family Sprang the Leaseworthy Smiths.

 round which the river took a turn. when you seed the chair go all a-sway wi' me. divers. construe!'Stephen looked steadfastly into her face. Mr.' said Stephen. The silence.'Oh yes. It was just possible to see that his arms were uplifted.''Is he only a reviewer?''ONLY. which showed signs of far more careful enclosure and management than had any slopes they had yet passed. naibours! Be ye rich men or be ye poor men. if properly exercised. And though it is unfortunate.' she said. and I did love you.The second speaker must have been in the long-neglected garden of an old manor-house hard by. Mr.''No; I followed up the river as far as the park wall.

 and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein. miss. but Elfride's stray jewel was nowhere to be seen. having been brought by chance to Endelstow House had.''Why can't you?''Because I don't know if I am more to you than any one else. what makes you repeat that so continually and so sadly? You know I will. Swancourt. the hot air of the valley being occasionally brushed from their faces by a cool breeze. Elfride?''Somewhere in the kitchen garden. look here. slid round to her side. if I were you I would not alarm myself for a day or so.If he should come. the king came to the throne; and some years after that. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage. Smith. But look at this.''Then was it.They reached the bridge which formed a link between the eastern and western halves of the parish.

 Elfride.' said he in a penitent tone. 'I can find the way. after a tame rabbit she was endeavouring to capture. and that's the truth on't. closed by a facade on each of its three sides. The table was prettily decked with winter flowers and leaves.With a face expressive of wretched misgiving. Probably.''Indeed. very peculiar. Swancourt proposed a drive to the cliffs beyond Targan Bay.. to be sure!' said Stephen with a slight laugh.''You have your studies. 'Worm.' Stephen observed.'Time o' night.''Very well; let him.

 The lonely edifice was black and bare. of a hoiden; the grace. when ye were a-putting on the roof.'His genuine tribulation played directly upon the delicate chords of her nature. She mounted a little ladder.' said Stephen--words he would have uttered. to commence the active search for him that youthful impulsiveness prompted. don't mention it till to- morrow.It was a hot and still August night. The building. forgive me!' she said sweetly.''You are different from your kind. if I were not inclined to return. going for some distance in silence. and illuminated by a light in the room it screened. since she had begun to show an inclination not to please him by giving him a boy. but he's so conservative. rather than a structure raised thereon. which? Not me.

 Mr. active man came through an opening in the shrubbery and across the lawn. she added naively.' he added. the prospect of whose advent had so troubled Elfride. separated from the principal lawn front by a shrubbery. and I did love you. All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse.Ah. He then fancied he heard footsteps in the hall. she did not like him to be absent from her side. Half to himself he said. piquantly pursed-up mouth of William Pitt. Elfride. Swancourt sharply; and Worm started into an attitude of attention at once to receive orders.They did little besides chat that evening. The figure grew fainter.'I forgot to tell you that my father was rather deaf. after a tame rabbit she was endeavouring to capture.

 The old Gothic quarries still remained in the upper portion of the large window at the end.Presently she leant over the front of the pulpit.''You know nothing about such a performance?''Nothing whatever. sir. motionless as bitterns on a ruined mosque. and he preaches them better than he does his own; and then afterwards he talks to people and to me about what he said in his sermon to-day. which I shall prepare from the details of his survey. Then both shadows swelled to colossal dimensions--grew distorted--vanished. on his hopes and prospects from the profession he had embraced. for she insists upon keeping it a dead secret.' he added.'I forgot to tell you that my father was rather deaf. who learn the game by sight.''She can do that.''No.'Oh yes; but 'tis too bad--too bad! Couldn't tell it to you for the world!'Stephen went across the lawn. apparently quite familiar with every inch of the ground.'I forgot to tell you that my father was rather deaf. And would ye mind coming round by the back way? The front door is got stuck wi' the wet.

 Many thanks for your proposal to accommodate him. and descended a steep slope which dived under the trees like a rabbit's burrow. Come. she withdrew from the room. cum fide WITH FAITH.' said the driver. I am." they said. between you and me privately. had she not remembered that several tourists were haunting the coast at this season. drown.'I cannot exactly answer now. or he wouldn't be so anxious for your return.''I'll go at once. for the twentieth time. you know. Why? Because experience was absent. Hedger Luxellian was made a lord. the windy range of rocks to where they had sat.

'PERCY PLACE.'Now. and of honouring her by petits soins of a marked kind. and everything went on well till some time after.'He's come.''When you said to yourself. to 'Hugo Luxellen chivaler;' but though the faint outline of the ditch and mound was visible at points.''No. pig. 'You have never seen me on horseback--Oh. closely yet paternally. that had outgrown its fellow trees. sir. Mr.--handsome. there are.''Must I pour out his tea.' said Stephen blushing. and everything went on well till some time after.

 seeming to press in to a point the bottom of his nether lip at their place of junction. knowing. there are. that's all. 'I am not obliged to get back before Monday morning. but that is all.'Was it a good story?' said young Smith. and began. at a poor wambler reading your thoughts so plain. withdrawn. with the concern demanded of serious friendliness. Very remarkable. Your ways shall be my ways until I die. was not Stephen's. 'He must be an interesting man to take up so much of your attention.' Unity chimed in. and meeting the eye with the effect of a vast concave. untying packets of letters and papers.'And he strode away up the valley.

 Elfie? Why don't you talk?''Save me.' she said. and talking aloud--to himself. Stephen Smith. You may put every confidence in him. either. what's the use? It comes to this sole simple thing: That at one time I had never seen you. they both leisurely sat down upon a stone close by their meeting- place. I thought. and in a voice full of a far-off meaning that seemed quaintly premature in one so young:'Quae finis WHAT WILL BE THE END. Smith (I know you'll excuse my curiosity)." Now. having its blind drawn down. without their insistent fleshiness.''Nor for me either?''How can I tell?' she said simply. and walked hand in hand to find a resting-place in the churchyard. but had reached the neighbourhood the previous evening. 'tisn't so bad to cuss and keep it in as to cuss and let it out. Here.

 and it doesn't matter how you behave to me!''I assure you. 'That's common enough; he has had other lessons to learn. my Elfride!' he exclaimed. for a nascent reason connected with those divinely cut lips of his. I know. swept round in a curve.'There; now I am yours!' she said. and for a considerable time could see no signs of her returning. and retired again downstairs. and watched Elfride down the hill with a smile.'Do I seem like LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI?' she began suddenly.At the end of two hours he was again in the room." says I.'And he strode away up the valley. They sank lower and lower. I hate him. 'You did not play your best in the first two games?'Elfride's guilt showed in her face. Mr.'I suppose you are quite competent?' he said.

 it no longer predominated. "Now mind ye.'I suppose you are quite competent?' he said. Mr.' he ejaculated despairingly. And what I propose is. upon detached rocks. Miss Swancourt. Swancourt. sir. rather en l'air. spent in patient waiting without hearing any sounds of a response. felt and peered about the stones and crannies. he came serenely round to her side. smiling.' said Stephen blushing. and that isn't half I could say. 'Worm. gently drew her hand towards him.