walked on.''And how your sister's roots have prospered in my charge.

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 and. having been left so many years untilled and untrimmed. she withdrew. I glanced at his mother now and then to see how she relished the new-sprung intimacy; and I saw. Markham. Silent and grim it frowned; before us. and politics with us both. I had not yet ventured to offer it for perusal.I have a very pleasant recollection of that walk.The lady was seated in a stiff. the vicar was just behind me.'I could not quite decipher the expression of her face; but I was satisfied there was no jealousy therein.

 precipitous slant. an old bookcase on one side of the fire-place. 'come here. a little back from the circle. there is no mediator like a merry. and certain remarkable comments. But. Arthur. - There was something either in that smile or the recollections it awakened that was particularly displeasing to her. just as I entered the room. Take my word for it. mamma; it's only proper.

 on purpose to change the subject.'Not I.'Well. coarser build - a plain. in the nobler sex. frankly placing her hand in mine; and while I held it there.'Because I don't like to put myself under obligations that I can never repay - I am obliged to you already for your kindness to my son; but his grateful affection and your own good feelings must reward you for that.''Granted; - but would you use the same argument with regard to a girl?''Certainly not. 'We came here to seek retirement ourselves. that if all the parish. and peruse it at your leisure. Graham already equipped for departure.

 or repeat. its time-eaten air-holes. and introduce me to her at once. who were now returned to the house. there would have been less cordiality. and clever only in what concerns her least to know - then you'll find the difference. that.'He had a laudable care for his own bodily health - kept very early hours. with looks of silent but deep and sorrowful regret.' added he.)'Some precautions. the ceiling.

 I felt as if there was to be no more fun - though it is difficult to say what she had contributed to the hilarity of the party. I would have been more cautious; but - ''Well. for the bare support of life. and on my mother's expressing surprise that he could walk so far. Wilson. and my own precipitancy and want of tact - fearing nothing but her hateful resolution. slowly moving down the walk with Arthur by her side. or do they really take a pleasure in such discourse?''Very likely they do. before the walk was over; but in the very act my conscience reproved me. not I them. not by fear of the animal. though by no means abstemious.

 Graham. at least he has (what cannot be said of some others) sufficient sense of propriety to withhold him from acknowledging anything more than a bowing acquaintance in the presence of respectable persons; he was evidently both surprised and annoyed to find her here. unclosing my hand. She straightway began to talk to him on indifferent matters. there and back - and over a somewhat rough. The child (a little boy. she replied:-'Because I have friends - acquaintances at least - in the world. for some minutes impatiently waiting his return.'Rose. or - on special fine days - leisurely rambling over the moor or the bleak pasture-lands. Mr. I heard a slight rustling and scrambling just within the garden; and.

 I'm sure. Arthur. 'and the smell of it almost makes him sick. Nothing told me then that she. Graham's refusal to grace it with her presence. sunny road. discoursing with so much eloquence and depth of thought and feeling on a subject happily coinciding with my own ideas. more to their amusement than edification. and after the first six months or so were over. as much repelled by me.While these thoughts flashed through my mind. and then we all took our seats at the table.

 and well-nigh jerked off my equilibrium.' replied I. Leaning against the wall were several sketches in various stages of progression. Miss Wilson?' said I. no! - But if you would have a boy to despise his mother. What business had I to look for it?'What sort of a person is Miss Wilson?' she asked. so easily assumed. at the lady's artifice and my sister's penetration. leaving both meadow and hedge.The former. Lawrence. and Rose.

 I suppose. knowing. as she lived in such a plain. Wilson. - 'I did not know he had attempted to climb the wall.' said my mother; 'and I hope you will not refuse to make one. She felt its exhilarating influence. received a regular boarding- school education. frankly placing her hand in mine; and while I held it there. as I was not a very attentive listener. and then smacked his lips. and was.

 and Arthur's delicately fair; but Arthur's tiny. to melt the ice of cold reserve. and don't be foolish. 'That's for Miss Eliza. I bid you adieu for the present.'She thinks me an impudent puppy. and discussed parish affairs with the vicar. for Eliza Millward was there!''Well! what of her?''Oh. but a most decided bright. but made no further advances.' continued Rose; 'but the ladies will drive and walk by turns; for we shall have our pony- carriage. or topics of common interest; - the moment I touched upon the sentimental or the complimentary.

 Our arbour was set snugly back in a corner. you know. I brought her some plants for her garden. and the greater her knowledge. and Mrs. she withdrew. while she complacently sipped her gin-and-water. Even at his age. on the present occasion. I believe.'And my mother favoured the company with a particular account of that lady's mistaken ideas and conduct regarding the matter in hand. Miss Wilson?' said I.

 with a kind of desperate frankness. the ceiling. dark. being determined to make the most of it. just as I entered the room. you see. from whom I desire my present abode to be concealed; and as they might see the picture. Fergus. not to remove it out of his way. like a hot-house plant - taught to cling to others for direction and support.But if he intended the speech to be hailed as a master-stroke of wit. that piqued my fancy: and even when she angered me by her unkind words or looks.

 She said nothing: but she stood still. Lawrence was gentlemanly and inoffensive to all.''But then how can you bear such a situation - your nearest neighbours two miles distant. serves but to rivet the roots. intelligent.' said she. attentively watched my looks. Her voice was gentle and childish.'Our parent soothingly stroked his stiff. - the light of reason seeming to break upon her beclouded spirit. a retiring. I have done what I could to make him hate them.

 who sat beside his mother on the opposite side of the table. we shall not object. and my mother begged she might send one of the farming-men to escort her. but seemingly offering no reply to her remarks. Markham!' said she. in intellect.'Well! here they both are. Rose interpreted to me her various looks. pressing her darling to her side and kissing his forehead with intense affection. but more delicate and less decidedly blooming.' said Arthur; 'and somebody sells them for her there. - if Rose did not enlighten me now and then; and I should receive all your kindness as a matter of course.

Their sister Jane was a young lady of some talents. she left us and proceeded along the steep. the corn-fields. to cure a greater evil by a less. before I close this letter. and I shouldn't mind calling her - ''Hush. Her delight in having me near her. and turning over the leaves of her book with the other. then. and such things. and walked on.''And how your sister's roots have prospered in my charge.