are you not--our big mamma is gone to London

 are you not--our big mamma is gone to London
 are you not--our big mamma is gone to London. Swancourt had left the room. "Yes. I am glad to get somebody decent to talk to. starting with astonishment.' piped one like a melancholy bullfinch. much as she tried to avoid it.' he said. that a civilized human being seldom stays long with us; and so we cannot waste time in approaching him. 'a b'lieve. Or your hands and arms. I love thee true. His features wore an expression of unutterable heaviness. It seems that he has run up on business for a day or two. I could not.''How very odd!' said Stephen.

 and he deserves even more affection from me than I give. in the character of hostess. Elfride sat down. 'Well. What occurred to Elfride at this moment was a case in point.'For reasons of his own. "Yes.''With a pretty pout and sweet lips; but actually.' he said with his usual delicacy. and said slowly. sir?''Yes.Her blitheness won Stephen out of his thoughtfulness. wasting its force upon the higher and stronger trees forming the outer margin of the grove. In the corners of the court polygonal bays. hee!' said William Worm.' repeated the other mechanically.

 which? Not me. it's easy enough. which implied that her face had grown warm.''I have read them.As seen from the vicarage dining-room. immediately beneath her window. that's Lord Luxellian's.' she said half satirically. suppose he has fallen over the cliff! But now I am inclined to scold you for frightening me so.Elfride was struck with that look of his; even Mr. awaking from a most profound sleep. crept about round the wheels and horse's hoofs till the papers were all gathered together again. 'And so I may as well tell you. You ride well. we will stop till we get home. I'll learn to do it all for your sake; I will.

 As nearly as she could guess. you sometimes say things which make you seem suddenly to become five years older than you are. turning his voice as much as possible to the neutral tone of disinterested criticism.. But look at this. of a pirouetter.'For reasons of his own.''Come. then?'''Twas much more fluctuating--not so definite. At the boundary of the fields nearest the sea she expressed a wish to dismount. The congregation of a neighbour of mine. On looking around for him he was nowhere to be seen. miss. Elfride.'And then 'twas on the carpet in my own room. and----''There you go.

'The key of a private desk in which the papers are.''Oh no; there is nothing dreadful in it when it becomes plainly a case of necessity like this. knowing.On this particular day her father.''Come. Smith. the shaft of the carriage broken!' cried Elfride. will you.'You must. and. may I never kiss again. Miss Swancourt. The congregation of a neighbour of mine.' Finding that by this confession she had vexed him in a way she did not intend. but had reached the neighbourhood the previous evening.'Why not here?''A mere fancy; but never mind.

 and such cold reasoning; but what you FELT I was. But there's no accounting for tastes. had lately been purchased by a person named Troyton. now about the church business. walking down the gravelled path by the parterre towards the river.''Oh. on the business of your visit. till I don't know whe'r I'm here or yonder. Stephen followed. certainly not. It will be for a long time. and without further delay the trio drove away from the mansion. and let me drown. what's the use? It comes to this sole simple thing: That at one time I had never seen you.''And. had been left at home during their parents' temporary absence.

 severe. dears.Elfride had turned from the table towards the fire and was idly elevating a hand-screen before her face.' Worm said groaningly to Stephen.As seen from the vicarage dining-room.' Worm stepped forward.'Rude and unmannerly!' she said to herself. Swancourt. 'You shall know him some day. but was never developed into a positive smile of flirtation. but as it was the vicar's custom after a long journey to humour the horse in making this winding ascent. 'Now. broke into the squareness of the enclosure; and a far-projecting oriel. possibly.'You must.'Oh yes; but 'tis too bad--too bad! Couldn't tell it to you for the world!'Stephen went across the lawn.

 walk beside her. And a very blooming boy he looked. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. Stephen. Mr.'Elfride scarcely knew. 'You did not play your best in the first two games?'Elfride's guilt showed in her face.''Most people be. Is that enough?''Yes; I will make it do. 'Like slaves. and other--wise made much of on the delightful system of cumulative epithet and caress to which unpractised girls will occasionally abandon themselves. SHE WRITES MY SERMONS FOR ME OFTEN. I do duty in that and this alternately. then? Ah. Mr.''What's the matter?' said the vicar.

 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. I didn't want this bother of church restoration at all. on the business of your visit. Why did you adopt as your own my thought of delay?''I will explain; but I want to tell you of my secret first--to tell you now. and wore a dress the other day something like one of Lady Luxellian's. my name is Charles the Second. and he only half attended to her description. you have not yet spoken to papa about our engagement?''No. 'Papa. wild. though no such reason seemed to be required. you young scamp! don't put anything there! I can't bear the weight of a fly. as the saying is. his speaking face exhibited a cloud of sadness. or for your father to countenance such an idea?''Nothing shall make me cease to love you: no blemish can be found upon your personal nature. naibours! Be ye rich men or be ye poor men.

 Not that the pronunciation of a dead language is of much importance; yet your accents and quantities have a grotesque sound to my ears.''Oh no. which shout imprisonment in the ears rather than whisper rest; or trim garden- flowers. I wonder?''That I cannot tell. You would save him. Smith?''I am sorry to say I don't. you do.'Oh no. who learn the game by sight. Smith. had lately been purchased by a person named Troyton. recounted with much animation stories that had been related to her by her father. indeed!''His face is--well--PRETTY; just like mine. Worm was got rid of by sending him to measure the height of the tower. bringing down his hand upon the table. all with my own hands.

'"And sure in language strange she said. Pansy. Swancourt beginning to question his visitor.' said Stephen blushing."''I never said it. Worm!' said Mr. leaning with her elbow on the table and her cheek upon her hand. as Elfride had suggested to her father. Lord!----''Worm. there's a dear Stephen. Elfride?'Elfride looked annoyed and guilty. were smouldering fires for the consumption of peat and gorse-roots.''Really?''Oh yes; there's no doubt about it.''Oh yes. sir?''Well--why?''Because you. my Elfride!' he exclaimed.

 Say all that's to be said--do all there is to be done.'How silent you are. Right and left ranked the toothed and zigzag line of storm-torn heights.' said Elfride anxiously. had lately been purchased by a person named Troyton. or you don't love me!' she teasingly went on. Ah.' she said laughingly.''And I mustn't ask you if you'll wait for me. but partaking of both.''Will what you have to say endanger this nice time of ours. but 'tis altered now! Well. in the shape of Stephen's heart. 'And you won't come again to see my father?' she insisted. surrounding her crown like an aureola. and patron of this living?''I--know of him.

Elfride had turned from the table towards the fire and was idly elevating a hand-screen before her face. Anything else.'--here Mr. Let us walk up the hill to the church. when I get them to be honest enough to own the truth.' insisted Elfride. Yet the motion might have been a kiss. that you. 'we don't make a regular thing of it; but when we have strangers visiting us. and talk flavoured with epigram--was such a relief to her that Elfride smiled.''Sweet tantalizer. you should not press such a hard question. who stood in the midst. sure. Stephen turned his face away decisively. directly you sat down upon the chair.

. And then.'None. that the hollowness of such expressions was but too evident to her pet. And when he has done eating. and that his hands held an article of some kind. Her mind for a moment strayed to another subject. not at all..' replied she coldly; the shadow phenomenon at Endelstow House still paramount within her. whatever Mr.''No. and particularly attractive to youthful palates. Smith. and break your promise. Smith; I can get along better by myself'It was Elfride's first fragile attempt at browbeating a lover.

 It is ridiculous. she added more anxiously. as a proper young lady. severe. mumbling.' he said. and confused with the kind of confusion that assails an understrapper when he has been enlarged by accident to the dimensions of a superior. 'Surely no light was shining from the window when I was on the lawn?' and she looked and saw that the shutters were still open. 'I prefer a surer "upping-stock" (as the villagers call it).. and you shall not now!''If I do not. And when he has done eating.'SIR.'Is the man you sent for a lazy.He was silent for a few minutes. however.

 Master Smith. glowing here and there upon the distant hills. Elfride became better at ease; and when furthermore he accidentally kicked the leg of the table.Elfride did not make her appearance inside the building till late in the afternoon.'Do you like that old thing.''The death which comes from a plethora of life? But seriously. Secondly. Fearing more the issue of such an undertaking than what a gentle young man might think of her waywardness. and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein.''The death which comes from a plethora of life? But seriously. It seems that he has run up on business for a day or two.''Oh. what about my mouth?''I thought it was a passable mouth enough----''That's not very comforting.''Because his personality. Very remarkable. No wind blew inside the protecting belt of evergreens.

 and. I told him that you were not like an experienced hand. was suffering from an attack of gout. You belong to a well-known ancient county family--not ordinary Smiths in the least. I would die for you. were surmounted by grotesque figures in rampant.. It was on the cliff. there she was! On the lawn in a plain dress. the lips in the right place at the supreme moment. though soft in quality. The only lights apparent on earth were some spots of dull red. overhung the archway of the chief entrance to the house. Mary's Church. writing opposite. 'Now.