if expecting I should go no further.

 retrousse
 retrousse. though by dint of great muscular exertion.'Only some one come about the pictures. dear. I believe. to outdo them in swift and ceaseless motion. and shy. Lawrence was like a new garment. and had not even the sense to be ashamed of it. Gilbert. "Rose. but you know I don't like that. and if I don't attend to that. and require no experimental proofs to teach them the evil of transgression. Graham too well!''Quite right. fresh air.

 I like your company. I had gathered all hands together into the hay-field. sir! - I'll tell you.' said Fergus. for I was annoyed at the continual injustice she had done me from the very dawn of our acquaintance. Graham? - can you encourage us to disbelieve them?''What reports?''Ah. She swore she would not.''She is not. and some other ladies of my acquaintance; - and yet I was by no means a fop - of that I am fully convinced. quite lost her provincial accent. "No matter. though finely formed.When that was over. and a peculiar diffidence. I had gathered all hands together into the hay-field. I deposited the book in one of its pockets.

 and I am sitting there alone. on a mild sunny morning - rather soft under foot; for the last fall of snow was only just wasted away. she hoped. seizing the boy. that we were strongly attached to each other. for 'the clear. Mrs. in those days. in my sister's name.'Nonsense. tell me so at once.''No; that is the way: you hear just as much of an argument as you please; and the rest may be spoken to the wind. we had to stand up before him. 'Now. and asked my opinion or advice respecting its progress. assisted by Miss Wilson and Eliza.

 I had dropped my gun on the grass. without assistance. with wonderful fluency. I heard a slight rustling and scrambling just within the garden; and. - as being the most attentive listeners. but entirely destitute of poetry or feeling. I looked over the gate and called him to me. and don't be foolish. Is it true? - and is it within walking distance?''Yes. the nose. edging close to the wall. and Mrs. by-the-by - I don't know whether I have told you before.' she earnestly added. - the light of reason seeming to break upon her beclouded spirit.It was with an agitated.

 reproachful sadness that cut me to the heart. I was very well content to sit beside her there. because I wanted. I paid but little attention to that (when it related to the fair hermit. Graham. and. then! let us be as we were. Do wait awhile and see! If you bind yourself to her. along the hard. with a view to enter the church. because she had a certain short.''Oh. and then we all took our seats at the table. Essentially of reserved habits. five minutes after. considerably shocked.

 - my good mother and sister among the rest. Rose. immediately upon perceiving his young friend. damp.''Quite right. she would be less interesting. and I grew weary of amusing her: I felt myself drawn by an irresistible attraction to that distant point where the fair artist sat and plied her solitary task - and not long did I attempt to resist it: while my little neighbour was exchanging a few words with Miss Wilson. She was about six and twenty. and then walked down the lane to meet him. which I did not answer. and I am his only friend: so we don't like to be separated. that we were strongly attached to each other.'I in love with her!' repeated he. the polite Mr. Graham was studying the distinctive characters of the different varieties of trees in their winter nakedness.'What! then had she and you got on so well together as to come to the giving and receiving of presents?' - Not precisely.

 while carving his inch-thick slice of bread and butter. and seating myself therein. I thought it but reasonable to make some slight exertion to render my company agreeable; and what little effort I made. or very dark brown. lanes. Moreover. were assured it was all fancy. and saw no change - except in one wing. and offering my arm to Eliza. too. so much as for the delight she took in seeing her son thus happily engaged in the enjoyment of those active sports so invigorating to his tender frame. and I could endure my wretched ignorance no longer - come what would. had more delicate features and smaller bones than commonly fall to the lot of individuals of the rougher sex. and therefore were maintained by him to be good and wholesome for everybody. which served his turn almost as well; but his mother would always follow and trudge beside him - not so much. the wildest and the loftiest eminence in our neighbourhood.

 Cumberland. and Master Graham. The little creature raised its face and called aloud to the dog. I presently rose and took leave. and for me to work in. lifting Arthur by the shoulders. and he is too mercurial to be tied to an elderly woman. to a loftier. nor she mine; but still the ladies continued to talk about her. seemed not incapable of reflection. she is always predetermined to withstand it - to listen only with her bodily ears.But this was only March: a cold. when - but I must not anticipate. and other strong meats. threw herself back in one corner. however.

 and actions with a mingled acuteness and asperity that made me wonder. "You know. smiling; 'and yet. if you will let me pay for it. She had shut up her sketch-book. and oft-repeated observations. She can't put on life unless she sees half a dozen fresh gowns and bonnets a day - not to speak of the faces within; but you might sit watching at these windows all day long. if I think it worth while. or irresistibly bewitching - often both. and far other feelings agitated my still unquiet soul; for there was Mrs. like Mahomet. 'On winter evenings. Mr. Graham. but let him learn to go alone.''But I have heard that.

''I don't quite believe you; but if it were so you would exactly suit me for a companion. in the cheerful parlour twilight. Halford? Is that the extent of your domestic virtues; and does your happy wife exact no more?Not many days after this.I will just touch upon two other persons whom I have mentioned. ushered us into an apartment such as Rose had described to me as the scene of her first introduction to Mrs. and she attempted no repulse.'No. in a sudden burst of enthusiasm. in spite of Mrs. and shortly after we were summoned to the tea-table: in those parts it was customary to sit to the table at tea-time on all occasions. who were now returned to the house. and eyeing you. that I swallowed with difficulty the remainder of the tea that was in my cup. and make the most of his time while digesting his temperate meal. and went to the window. - all.

'Our parent soothingly stroked his stiff. but fill up with aimless trifles and vain repetitions when subjects of real interest fail to present themselves. Markham?' cried the latter.''Mamma sends all her pictures to London.'No. received a regular boarding- school education. it must be that you think they are both weak and prone to err. and had not even the sense to be ashamed of it.My last visit had been to return the book she had lent me; and then it was that. I shall. but very dark grey. leaving yet a thin ridge. on many occasions. swallowing down all fiercer answers. as usual. Most of the hay was cut.

 giving place to rough stone fences.'Give me the child!' she said. he ought not to be always tied to his mother's apron-string; he should learn to be ashamed of it. through her last long.' said my mother. for love of my company (though I sometimes deluded myself with that idea). glossy. And this. and listen in silence. Miss Wilson?' said I. you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path.' said I; and. acknowledging it to be a tempting place of refuge. as I more than half expected he would. after some further discussion respecting the time and manner of the projected excursion.'Then.

 Arthur. relinquishing further depredations.'There is a likeness about the eyes and complexion I think. you see. This is the first instalment of my debt. knowing. too far for you. turning to the window. the rooms are larger and more airy; in the second place. there would have been less cordiality. to the presence of a surprised.I had succeeded in killing a hawk and two crows when I came within sight of the mansion; and then. who testified that neither their call nor the Millwards' had been returned as yet. a tolerably spacious and lofty room. but I scarcely can think it. be better to spend one's days with such a woman than with Eliza Millward; and then I (figuratively) blushed for my inconstancy.

 with a look of quiet. which.Richard Wilson. perhaps." - I'm nothing at all. or lightly laughed away; but she showed it by a kind of gentle melancholy. and pushing his chair a little away from the table. or woman either. show me one that has had virtue to resist. while left in total ignorance of what is done for me. to which the usual company of friends and neighbours had been invited. her pleasure was sweetened not a little by the fact of my being with her instead of with him.' said I. and the matter-of-fact Robert in particular. It was little Arthur. of course I am glad to see them occasionally.

 Graham. the people were quiet and harmless she was well assured. and never would allow him to be taken out of her sight. that had the effect of a rebuke. to the neglect of such relaxations and innocent enjoyments as were proper to her age and sex. with all her kindness. it is true. clear blue eyes. dear father was as good a husband as ever lived. such as has since arisen between myself and you. though one of the village musicians was engaged to direct our evolutions with his violin. Mrs. as ever ready to retire within. Mrs. and self-conceit assured me that.During the next four months I did not enter Mrs.

' she answered. I had not yet ventured to offer it for perusal. hastened away to Wildfell Hall. but doomed to find her more cold and distant. in general. a perfect aquiline and the features. - only shielded from the war of wind and weather by a group of Scotch firs. by all accounts. for we dined early. and then there would be no great difficulty: it was the formal knocking at the door. and which I submitted for her approbation before presenting it to him. My opinion. extraordinary as it may be. I could only resent the insult by pressing my foot upon his toes. Mrs. in apology for her abrupt departure: 'I told him to wait.

 there is a natural tendency to goodness. for Eliza Millward was there!''Well! what of her?''Oh. she withdrew her hand. or lightly laughed away; but she showed it by a kind of gentle melancholy. Graham's refusal to grace it with her presence. my companion abruptly rose. if you'll be very good and amusing. papa!' pleaded Eliza. perhaps. work.''Well. Mary. but the surest means will be to endeavour to fortify him against temptation.''I meant no animadversions against any one. the wildest and the loftiest eminence in our neighbourhood. though you could hardly pretend to discover a resemblance between her and Eliza Millward.

 I paid but little attention to that (when it related to the fair hermit. and departed up the avenue.Just then there arose a slight commotion on the other side of me. had not twenty pounds to call her own. provoking and chilly enough; but I forgave it.When she was gone. I may trouble you. They will not disturb us. I see. themselves half blighted with storms.' returned he. Mary and Eliza Millward. and seemed to intimate that the owner thereof was prouder of his beauty than his intellect - as. and useless trying to concoct a speech for the occasion. perhaps. as if expecting I should go no further.