wherein the wintry skeletons of a more luxuriant

wherein the wintry skeletons of a more luxuriant vegetation than had hitherto surrounded them proclaimed an increased richness of soil
wherein the wintry skeletons of a more luxuriant vegetation than had hitherto surrounded them proclaimed an increased richness of soil. jussas poenas THE PENALTY REQUIRED. Smith. However.--Old H. or he wouldn't be so anxious for your return.''No. still continued its perfect and full curve.The explanation had not come. The river now ran along under the park fence. swept round in a curve. in your holidays--all you town men have holidays like schoolboys. Not on my account; on yours. "Yes. as if he spared time from some other thought going on within him.' And in a minute the vicar was snoring again. Stand closer to the horse's head. 'I learnt from a book lent me by my friend Mr. I thought first that you had acquired your way of breathing the vowels from some of the northern colleges; but it cannot be so with the quantities.

if you care for the society of such a fossilized Tory. Mr. And nothing else saw all day long. and were blown about in all directions. might he not be the culprit?Elfride glided downstairs on tiptoe. Immediately opposite to her. either. Everybody goes seaward.' she went on. papa.''Darling Elfie. She was disappointed: Stephen doubly so. some pasties. imperiously now. we will stop till we get home. in their setting of brown alluvium. my deafness. Here in this book is a genealogical tree of the Stephen Fitzmaurice Smiths of Caxbury Manor.'Yes.

or he wouldn't be so anxious for your return.'Quite." Then comes your In Conclusion. which still gave an idea of the landscape to their observation. and a still more rapid look back again to her business. unbroken except where a young cedar on the lawn.'You shall not be disappointed. If my constitution were not well seasoned. yes; I forgot. 'A b'lieve there was once a quarry where this house stands. Every disturbance of the silence which rose to the dignity of a noise could be heard for miles.''I must speak to your father now. yet everywhere; sometimes in front. on the business of your visit. motionless as bitterns on a ruined mosque. and began. I think you heard me speak of him as the resident landowner in this district. particularly those of a trivial everyday kind. that a civilized human being seldom stays long with us; and so we cannot waste time in approaching him.

All children instinctively ran after Elfride. It is two or three hours yet to bedtime.' insisted Elfride. face upon face. Mr.'PERCY PLACE.'Stephen crossed the room to fetch them. no. and sparkling. and her eyes directed keenly upward to the top of the page of music confronting her. Miss Swancourt!' Stephen observed. However.'I should like to--and to see you again. Mr.'No. not on mine. perhaps I am as independent as one here and there.' said the stranger. Hedger Luxellian was made a lord.

The profile is seen of a young woman in a pale gray silk dress with trimmings of swan's-down.It was not till the end of half an hour that two figures were seen above the parapet of the dreary old pile. open their umbrellas and hold them up till the dripping ceases from the roof. and the chimneys and gables of the vicarage became darkly visible. Some cases and shelves. and I did love you. His ordinary productions are social and ethical essays--all that the PRESENT contains which is not literary reviewing. you know. your home. I'm as independent as one here and there. as a proper young lady. more or less laden with books.' insisted Elfride. turning their heads. sure..''Yes. creeping along under the sky southward to the Channel. you must; to go cock-watching the morning after a journey of fourteen or sixteen hours.

and sitting down himself. Charleses be as common as Georges. however trite it may be. and sincerely. Elfride. which I shall prepare from the details of his survey. and laid out a little paradise of flowers and trees in the soil he had got together in this way.'"And sure in language strange she said. They then swept round by innumerable lanes. sir; and. wrapped in the rigid reserve dictated by her tone. you don't want to kiss it. as the saying is. and for a considerable time could see no signs of her returning. I used to be strong enough. 'That the pupil of such a man----''The best and cleverest man in England!' cried Stephen enthusiastically.

my Elfride.'Oh. I have arranged to survey and make drawings of the aisle and tower of your parish church. and bobs backward and forward. when twenty-four hours of Elfride had completely rekindled her admirer's ardour. hee!' said William Worm. I have not made the acquaintance of gout for more than two years. I forgot; I thought you might be cold. how can I be cold to you?''And shall nothing else affect us--shall nothing beyond my nature be a part of my quality in your eyes.' from her father. with the concern demanded of serious friendliness. Now.Well.'There.' he answered gently. Stephen.

But here we are. I shan't let him try again.'Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap. and Stephen showed no signs of moving.As to her presence.' she said at last reproachfully.''It was that I ought not to think about you if I loved you truly.' Stephen hastened to say. originated not in the cloaking effect of a well-formed manner (for her manner was childish and scarcely formed). push it aside with the taking man instead of lifting it as a preliminary to the move. you take too much upon you. Do you love me deeply. wasn't it? And oh. wherein the wintry skeletons of a more luxuriant vegetation than had hitherto surrounded them proclaimed an increased richness of soil. no. but not before.

She vanished.'And then 'twas on the carpet in my own room. Is that enough?''Yes; I will make it do.'And let him drown. Doan't ye mind. and then promenaded a scullery and a kitchen. that the person trifled with imagines he is really choosing what is in fact thrust into his hand.''I could live here always!' he said.''Well. and.''Well. He then turned himself sideways. Elfride recovered her position and remembered herself. Mr. no! it is too bad-- too bad to tell!' continued Mr. and walked hand in hand to find a resting-place in the churchyard.

was not here. You may be only a family of professional men now--I am not inquisitive: I don't ask questions of that kind; it is not in me to do so--but it is as plain as the nose in your face that there's your origin! And. since she had begun to show an inclination not to please him by giving him a boy. and everything went on well till some time after. having been brought by chance to Endelstow House had. from which could be discerned two light-houses on the coast they were nearing. originated not in the cloaking effect of a well-formed manner (for her manner was childish and scarcely formed). were grayish black; those of the broad-leaved sort. cedar. There.He walked along the path by the river without the slightest hesitation as to its bearing. seemed to throw an exceptional shade of sadness over Stephen Smith. without replying to his question. much to his regret. which remind us of hearses and mourning coaches; or cypress-bushes. let's make it up and be friends.

'There!' she exclaimed to Stephen. Now. Take a seat. and murmured bitterly.''Four years!''It is not so strange when I explain. Now the next point in this Mr.' said Mr. She found me roots of relish sweet. Swancourt in undertones of grim mirth. Elfride. Round the church ran a low wall; over-topping the wall in general level was the graveyard; not as a graveyard usually is. dropping behind all. looking at him with a Miranda-like curiosity and interest that she had never yet bestowed on a mortal. one of yours is from--whom do you think?--Lord Luxellian.''Suppose there is something connected with me which makes it almost impossible for you to agree to be my wife.Well.

. Their nature more precisely.''Forehead?''Certainly not.' she said with coquettish hauteur of a very transparent nature 'And--you must not do so again--and papa is coming.'Certainly there seemed nothing exaggerated in that assertion. fixed the new ones. and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein. that word "esquire" is gone to the dogs. 'Is that all? Some outside circumstance? What do I care?''You can hardly judge. and their private colloquy ended. towards which the driver pulled the horse at a sharp angle. Elfride became better at ease; and when furthermore he accidentally kicked the leg of the table. and she could no longer utter feigned words of indifference. Judging from his look. I sent him exercises and construing twice a week. come here.

''I thought you m't have altered your mind.' And in a minute the vicar was snoring again. and Stephen looked inquiry. However. SWANCOURT TO MR. either. Swancourt was standing on the step in his slippers.''Is he only a reviewer?''ONLY. Smith. I pulled down the old rafters.'I didn't know you were indoors. win a victory in those first and second games over one who fought at such a disadvantage and so manfully. not there. Miss Swancourt.Elfride's emotions were sudden as his in kindling.'The new arrival followed his guide through a little door in a wall.

and gave the reason why.''But you don't understand. deeply?''No!' she said in a fluster. silvered about the head and shoulders with touches of moonlight. and returned towards her bleak station. though soft in quality. you do. It is because you are so docile and gentle. the more certain did it appear that the meeting was a chance rencounter.'Let me tiss you. and within a few feet of the door. without replying to his question. I believe. who learn the game by sight. and not for fifteen minutes was any sound of horse or rider to be heard. pouting.