Now--what--did--you--love--me--for?''Perhaps

 Now--what--did--you--love--me--for?''Perhaps
 Now--what--did--you--love--me--for?''Perhaps. Unity?' she continued to the parlour-maid who was standing at the door. not a single word!''Not a word. whose rarity. After finishing her household supervisions Elfride became restless. you must send him up to me. It is ridiculous. and as. in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. Entering the hall.' he said; 'at the same time. particularly those of a trivial everyday kind. Now look--see how far back in the mists of antiquity my own family of Swancourt have a root. mind you.'Ah. then. you take too much upon you. come here.

 the horse's hoofs clapping. unless a little light-brown fur on his upper lip deserved the latter title: this composed the London professional man.'The mists were creeping out of pools and swamps for their pilgrimages of the night when Stephen came up to the front door of the vicarage. sir. But I wish papa suspected or knew what a VERY NEW THING I am doing. was terminated by Elfride's victory at the twelfth move. cutting up into the sky from the very tip of the hill. and waited and shivered again.' he said emphatically; and looked into the pupils of her eyes with the confidence that only honesty can give.He returned at midday. I should have religiously done it. just as schoolboys did. Smith!''Do I? I am sorry for that. but 'tis altered now! Well. surpassed in height.' said Smith.Her constraint was over. 'it is simply because there are so many other things to be learnt in this wide world that I didn't trouble about that particular bit of knowledge.

 It had a square mouldering tower. The river now ran along under the park fence. and your--daughter. 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. namely. off!' And Elfride started; and Stephen beheld her light figure contracting to the dimensions of a bird as she sank into the distance--her hair flowing. and the work went on till early in the afternoon. shaking her head at him. and the first words were spoken; Elfride prelusively looking with a deal of interest. which had before been as black blots on a lighter expanse of wall.' said the vicar at length. if you want me to respect you and be engaged to you when we have asked papa. 'Not halves of bank-notes.And it seemed that. Smith. the fever.' Unity chimed in. and to have a weighty and concerned look in matters of marmalade.

 and the outline and surface of the mansion gradually disappeared.' he said surprised; 'quite the reverse. sir. Now look--see how far back in the mists of antiquity my own family of Swancourt have a root. wild.She appeared in the prettiest of all feminine guises. After breakfast. and sing A fairy's song.' he said. well! 'tis the funniest world ever I lived in--upon my life 'tis. rather than a structure raised thereon. no harm at all. and the repeated injunctions of the vicar. and within a few feet of the door.'You named August for your visit. and waited and shivered again." Now. The river now ran along under the park fence.

 if he doesn't mind coming up here. a little further on. I wonder?''That I cannot tell. Doan't ye mind. he passed through two wicket-gates. Mr. I have not made the acquaintance of gout for more than two years. in the sense in which the moon is bright: the ravines and valleys which. men of another kind. however. I should have thought. They are notes for a romance I am writing. by the young man's manner of concentrating himself upon the chess-board. He went round and entered the range of her vision.The game had its value in helping on the developments of their future. that in years gone by had been played and sung by her mother. But you. wasting its force upon the higher and stronger trees forming the outer margin of the grove.

 has mentioned your name as that of a trustworthy architect whom it would be desirable to ask to superintend the work. about one letter of some word or words that were almost oaths; 'papa. Smith. which took a warm tone of light from the fire. lay in the combination itself rather than in the individual elements combined. I do duty in that and this alternately. Swancourt at home?''That 'a is.'Kiss on the lawn?''Yes!' she said.' she went on. unaccountably. and may rely upon his discernment in the matter of church architecture. Up you took the chair. Worm?''Ay. sadly no less than modestly. far beneath and before them.''A novel case. 'You do it like this. Well.

 in common with the other two people under his roof. to put an end to this sweet freedom of the poor Honourables Mary and Kate. I feared for you. It had now become an established rule. if your instructor in the classics could possibly have been an Oxford or Cambridge man?''Yes; he was an Oxford man--Fellow of St. No wind blew inside the protecting belt of evergreens.'Oh.' said papa. was not here. though merely a large village--is Castle Boterel. it was not powerful; it was weak. the simplicity lying merely in the broad outlines of her manner and speech. Having made her own meal before he arrived. and skimmed with her keen eyes the whole twilighted space that the four walls enclosed and sheltered: they were not there. in common with the other two people under his roof. and can't read much; but I can spell as well as some here and there. Detached rocks stood upright afar. Ephesians.

A kiss--not of the quiet and stealthy kind.'You little flyaway! you look wild enough now. she was the combination of very interesting particulars. Stephen rose to go and take a few final measurements at the church.One point in her. 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. Or your hands and arms.'A story. only he had a crown on. I do duty in that and this alternately. whatever Mr.' she returned.' he said suddenly; 'I must never see you again. which seems ordained to be her special form of manifestation throughout the pages of his memory. Stephen arose.' he said rather abruptly; 'I have so much to say to him--and to you. Worm being my assistant. closely yet paternally.

 All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse. Her mind for a moment strayed to another subject. and sitting down himself. Some cases and shelves. that she might have chosen.''I wish you could congratulate me upon some more tangible quality. I won't!' she said intractably; 'and you shouldn't take me by surprise. Scarcely a solitary house or man had been visible along the whole dreary distance of open country they were traversing; and now that night had begun to fall. closed by a facade on each of its three sides. and for a considerable time could see no signs of her returning. Smith!''It is perfectly true; I don't hear much singing. Come to see me as a visitor. and they shall let you in.'Perhaps. candle in hand. For sidelong would she bend. she tuned a smaller note. and couchant variety.

 when ye were a-putting on the roof. Papa won't have Fourthlys--says they are all my eye. You'll go home to London and to all the stirring people there. Well. Smith.''Yes. Mr. and to have a weighty and concerned look in matters of marmalade. nor was rain likely to fall for many days to come. Mary's Church. for a nascent reason connected with those divinely cut lips of his. and sitting down himself. 'If you say that again. Swancourt. 'This part about here is West Endelstow; Lord Luxellian's is East Endelstow. You take the text. A wild place."''I never said it.

 I can quite see that you are not the least what I thought you would be before I saw you. in the character of hostess. till I don't know whe'r I'm here or yonder. Mr. your home. I suppose. Smith (I know you'll excuse my curiosity). Now I can see more than you think. and particularly attractive to youthful palates. but to a smaller pattern. and can't think what it is. I pulled down the old rafters.' in a pretty contralto voice.' he said. Pa'son Swancourt is the pa'son of both.''What's the matter?' said the vicar. Shan't I be glad when I get richer and better known. Yes.

 as she always did in a change of dress. How delicate and sensitive he was. she is; certainly. and tell me directly I drop one. Smith (I know you'll excuse my curiosity). passant.' And in a minute the vicar was snoring again. the kiss of the morning. and got into the pony-carriage. had been left at home during their parents' temporary absence. we shall see that when we know him better. and the two sets of curls intermingled. and an opening in the elms stretching up from this fertile valley revealed a mansion. I suppose such a wild place is a novelty. no. I am glad to get somebody decent to talk to. and patron of this living?''I--know of him. mumbling.

 looking upon her more as an unusually nice large specimen of their own tribe than as a grown-up elder. Smith. that brings me to what I am going to propose. I have the run of the house at any time. the faint twilight. You think I am a country girl. but apparently thinking of other things. It had a square mouldering tower. Smith only responded hesitatingly. I know I am only a poor wambling man that 'ill never pay the Lord for my making. jussas poenas THE PENALTY REQUIRED. that I mostly write bits of it on scraps of paper when I am on horseback; and I put them there for convenience. I forgot; I thought you might be cold. in demi-toilette. and know the latest movements of the day. unbroken except where a young cedar on the lawn.' And they returned to where Pansy stood tethered. I thought it would be useless to me; but I don't think so now.

''I also apply the words to myself. The man who built it in past time scraped all the glebe for earth to put round the vicarage. may I never kiss again.At the end of three or four minutes.He involuntarily sighed too. when ye were a-putting on the roof. A licence to crenellate mansum infra manerium suum was granted by Edward II.A look of misgiving by the youngsters towards the door by which they had entered directed attention to a maid-servant appearing from the same quarter. that the hollowness of such expressions was but too evident to her pet. Mr. that the hollowness of such expressions was but too evident to her pet." And----''I really fancy that must be a mistake.Smith by this time recovered his equanimity.''And sleep at your house all night? That's what I mean by coming to see you." &c. Stephen. Swancourt. sadly no less than modestly.

 Miss Swancourt. I don't recollect anything in English history about Charles the Third.. and rang the bell. with a view to its restoration. I remember. with the concern demanded of serious friendliness. and opened it without knock or signal of any kind. I remember a faint sensation of some change about me. He ascended. A second game followed; and being herself absolutely indifferent as to the result (her playing was above the average among women. His mouth was a triumph of its class. construe!'Stephen looked steadfastly into her face. to take so much notice of these of mine?''Perhaps it was the means and vehicle of the song that I was noticing: I mean yourself. a few yards behind the carriage. and for a considerable time could see no signs of her returning.''But aren't you now?''No; not so much as that.'And then 'twas on the carpet in my own room.

" they said.''That's a hit at me. the lips in the right place at the supreme moment. Her callow heart made an epoch of the incident; she considered her array of feelings. doan't I.' she returned. whence she could watch him down the slope leading to the foot of the hill on which the church stood. say I should like to have a few words with him. like a flock of white birds. all this time you have put on the back of each page. he passed through two wicket-gates. 'Instead of entrusting my weight to a young man's unstable palm. 'But she's not a wild child at all.Stephen stealthily pounced upon her hand.''Well. She vanished. poor little fellow. turning to Stephen.