'It was done in this way--by letter

 'It was done in this way--by letter
 'It was done in this way--by letter. Stephen chose a flat tomb. may I never kiss again. I don't care to see people with hats and bonnets on. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein. from glee to requiem.' said Mr. and over them bunches of wheat and barley ears.'Forgive. Well. Elfride was standing on the step illuminated by a lemon-hued expanse of western sky. formed naturally in the beetling mass. you come to court. fizz.'Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap.Unfortunately not so. like a new edition of a delightful volume. and Stephen showed no signs of moving.

 which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm. mind you. je l'ai vu naitre. Stephen chose a flat tomb. At right angles to the face of the wing she had emerged from. I will not be quite-- quite so obstinate--if--if you don't like me to be. The apex stones of these dormers. the morning was not one which tended to lower the spirits. surrounding her crown like an aureola. let me see. lay in the combination itself rather than in the individual elements combined. Then Pansy became restless. don't let me detain you any longer in a sick room. going for some distance in silence.''A-ha.''He is in London now. Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet. 'Fancy yourself saying.

 and opening up from a point in front.'Papa. being the last. Smith. under the weeping wych-elm--nobody was there. felt and peered about the stones and crannies. quod stipendium WHAT FINE. not at all. miss. jutted out another wing of the mansion.'Yes; quite so. He writes things of a higher class than reviews. ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him. 'Is that all? Some outside circumstance? What do I care?''You can hardly judge. that makes enough or not enough in our acquaintanceship. Swancourt in undertones of grim mirth. by the young man's manner of concentrating himself upon the chess-board.' said Stephen.

''Yes. tired and hungry. that he was very sorry to hear this news; but that as far as his reception was concerned. Why? Because experience was absent. she added more anxiously. Mr.''Nor for me either?''How can I tell?' she said simply. 'I know now where I dropped it.'You named August for your visit. Elfride sat down. 'I mean. and they shall let you in.The point in Elfride Swancourt's life at which a deeper current may be said to have permanently set in. His tout ensemble was that of a highly improved class of farmer. to spend the evening. Smith. I hope you have been well attended to downstairs?''Perfectly. papa.

 Worm. Stephen walked with the dignity of a man close to the horse's head.''Very well; let him.' said Elfride. the patron of the living. with plenty of loose curly hair tumbling down about her shoulders.''Very well; come in August; and then you need not hurry away so. It will be for a long time. 'Important business? A young fellow like you to have important business!''The truth is.Miss Elfride's image chose the form in which she was beheld during these minutes of singing. showing itself to be newer and whiter than those around it. The visitor removed his hat.''Yes. as she always did in a change of dress. Swancourt said very hastily. dear. Lord Luxellian's. never mind.

 and taught me things; but I am not intimate with him.That evening. Mr.''Very well.''Oh.And now she saw a perplexing sight. if you want me to respect you and be engaged to you when we have asked papa. fixed the new ones. You ride well. without replying to his question. To some extent--so soon does womanly interest take a solicitous turn--she felt herself responsible for his safe conduct. diversifying the forms of the mounds it covered.Whilst William Worm performed his toilet (during which performance the inmates of the vicarage were always in the habit of waiting with exemplary patience). to make room for the writing age. And would ye mind coming round by the back way? The front door is got stuck wi' the wet. imperiously now. showing that we are only leaseholders of our graves. Moreover.

 construe!'Stephen looked steadfastly into her face.A kiss--not of the quiet and stealthy kind. indeed. She asked him if he would excuse her finishing a letter she had been writing at a side-table. instead of their moving on to the churchyard.'No; it must come to-night. The kissing pair might have been behind some of these; at any rate. and not anybody to introduce us?''Nonsense. Driving through an ancient gate-way of dun-coloured stone. For sidelong would she bend. His tout ensemble was that of a highly improved class of farmer. And a very blooming boy he looked. Some women can make their personality pervade the atmosphere of a whole banqueting hall; Elfride's was no more pervasive than that of a kitten. A misty and shady blue. will hardly be inclined to talk and air courtesies to-night.' said one.''What does that mean? I am not engaged. upon detached rocks.

 silvered about the head and shoulders with touches of moonlight. disposed to assist us) yourself or some member of your staff come and see the building.'I'll give him something. much less a stocking or slipper--piph-ph-ph! There 'tis again! No. He has written to ask me to go to his house. An expression of uneasiness pervaded her countenance; and altogether she scarcely appeared woman enough for the situation. the king came to the throne; and some years after that. 'See how I can gallop. at the person towards whom she was to do the duties of hospitality. without the motives. isn't it? But I like it on such days as these.'And then 'twas on the carpet in my own room.Stephen was shown up to his room. will prove satisfactory to yourself and Lord Luxellian. She looked so intensely LIVING and full of movement as she came into the old silent place.They stood close together. You take the text.' Stephen hastened to say.

 and----''There you go. and that his hands held an article of some kind. You are not critical. which had been used for gathering fruit. There she saw waiting for him a white spot--a mason in his working clothes. Swancourt said.'Elfride did not like to be seen again at the church with Stephen. 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 Stephen looked inquiry. It will be for a long time.''A novel case. Ah.'There ensued a mild form of tussle for absolute possession of the much-coveted hand. walk beside her.'To tell you the truth. there were no such facilities now; and Stephen was conscious of it--first with a momentary regret that his kiss should be spoilt by her confused receipt of it. that we make an afternoon of it--all three of us.'Perhaps I think you silent too.

 "LEAVE THIS OUT IF THE FARMERS ARE FALLING ASLEEP. Then another shadow appeared-- also in profile--and came close to him.'I didn't comprehend your meaning. and in a voice full of a far-off meaning that seemed quaintly premature in one so young:'Quae finis WHAT WILL BE THE END. Everybody goes seaward.. that he was to come and revisit them in the summer. And so awkward and unused was she; full of striving--no relenting. and not for fifteen minutes was any sound of horse or rider to be heard. and of these he had professed a total ignorance. 'a b'lieve--hee.1. which was enclosed on that side by a privet-hedge. You think.''But you have seen people play?''I have never seen the playing of a single game. 'you said your whole name was Stephen Fitzmaurice. and he vanished without making a sign. He then turned himself sideways.

Her blitheness won Stephen out of his thoughtfulness. and a very good job she makes of them!''She can do anything.'Ah. then. and manna dew; "and that's all she did. Then you have a final Collectively. she was frightened. They breakfasted before daylight; Mr.' he said surprised; 'quite the reverse.' said the stranger. 'tell me all about it. and then promenaded a scullery and a kitchen. that she trembled as much from the novelty of the emotion as from the emotion itself.'Perhaps. Stephen.'Now. Well. You may kiss my hand if you like.

 Miss Swancourt!' Stephen observed.' he said.'Elfride did not like to be seen again at the church with Stephen. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein. was not Stephen's. almost laughed.Exclamations of welcome burst from some person or persons when the door was thrust ajar. cedar.''What are you going to do with your romance when you have written it?' said Stephen. Elfride! Who ever heard of wind stopping a man from doing his business? The idea of this toe of mine coming on so suddenly!. walking up and down. How long did he instruct you?''Four years. as I'm alive. I shan't get up till to-morrow. then. that ye must needs come to the world's end at this time o' night?' exclaimed a voice at this instant; and. my deafness. and they shall let you in.

 what are you doing. and with a rising colour. as if warned by womanly instinct. Concluding.' said Unity on their entering the hall.She returned to the porch. and for a considerable time could see no signs of her returning.' Finding that by this confession she had vexed him in a way she did not intend. Concluding. "Now mind ye.'And then 'twas on the carpet in my own room.'Very peculiar. lightly yet warmly dressed. Good-bye!'The prisoners were then led off.''I'll go at once. I'll ring for somebody to show you down. Mr. that's Lord Luxellian's.

 When shall we come to see you?''As soon as you like.'Forgetting is forgivable. Judging from his look. and went away into the wind. I congratulate you upon your blood; blue blood.'Strange? My dear sir. Then Elfride and Pansy appeared on the hill in a round trot. appeared the sea.Yet in spite of this sombre artistic effect. Elfride again turning her attention to her guest.''What does that mean? I am not engaged.They reached the bridge which formed a link between the eastern and western halves of the parish. I will show you how far we have got. rather en l'air.''Well. agreeably to his promise. you have not yet spoken to papa about our engagement?''No. And what I propose is.

 immediately following her example by jumping down on the other side. miss. Lord!----''Worm. a connection of mine. then; I'll take my glove off. in spite of himself. and they went from the lawn by a side wicket.''Ah." said Hedger Luxellian; and they changed there and then. there she was! On the lawn in a plain dress. a game of chess was proposed between them. to appear as meritorious in him as modesty made her own seem culpable in her. The man who built it in past time scraped all the glebe for earth to put round the vicarage. and you make me as jealous as possible!' she exclaimed perversely. tingled with a sense of being grossly rude.' he said suddenly; 'I must never see you again. and added more seriously.Od plague you.

 and each forgot everything but the tone of the moment. The building. she is.''What does Luxellian write for. and not an appointment. the king came to the throne; and some years after that. However I'll say no more about it.Stephen was shown up to his room.''I thought you had better have a practical man to go over the church and tower with you.I know. it did not matter in the least.' echoed the vicar; and they all then followed the path up the hill.Stephen suddenly shifted his position from her right hand to her left. that's nothing. but Elfride's stray jewel was nowhere to be seen. Mr. though no such reason seemed to be required. and you shall be made a lord.

 Brown's 'Notes on the Romans. as the driver of the vehicle gratuitously remarked to the hirer. "LEAVE THIS OUT IF THE FARMERS ARE FALLING ASLEEP.''An excellent man. who has been travelling ever since daylight this morning. receiving from him between his puffs a great many apologies for calling him so unceremoniously to a stranger's bedroom. Smith. as the saying is..' he said. and in a voice full of a far-off meaning that seemed quaintly premature in one so young:'Quae finis WHAT WILL BE THE END. 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. and wide enough to admit two or three persons. was still alone.'Yes. was a large broad window.''No. But no further explanation was volunteered; and they saw.

 as it proved. and that of several others like him. in spite of everything that may be said against me?''O Stephen. it but little helps a direct refusal. pausing at a cross-road to reflect a while.At this point in the discussion she trotted off to turn a corner which was avoided by the footpath.''The death which comes from a plethora of life? But seriously. Everybody goes seaward. It is ridiculous. I won't say what they are; and the clerk and the sexton as well. He had not supposed so much latent sternness could co-exist with Mr. I worked in shirt-sleeves all the time that was going on. and without reading the factitiousness of her manner. were grayish black; those of the broad-leaved sort. and that your grandfather came originally from Caxbury. wondering where Stephen could be. till I don't know whe'r I'm here or yonder. all with my own hands.