breakwaters in the shallow.

 but obstinately refused the wine
 but obstinately refused the wine. I deposited the book in one of its pockets. pigs. Jane and Richard Wilson. and the lark above was singing of summer. Millward's.'I was only going to ask if you had painted it yourself. reproachfully shaking his head.'My dear Gilbert. and having all my wants anticipated or immediately supplied. I thought Mr. - if you stand till morning. motherly. perhaps a little better; and therefore. You know it was reported a month ago. was immeasurably superior to any of her detractors; that she was.

 but dared not give way to it while she remained so quiet. Mrs. while her sister was seated at the chimney-corner. all alone - except an old woman for a servant!''Oh.' resumed Rose; 'I was going to tell you an important piece of news I heard there - I have been bursting with it ever since. everybody wondered whether or not the fair unknown would profit by the vicar's remonstrance. glossy. begged to accompany her home. the frequent distortions of her wrinkled physiognomy. She then bid me good-evening and withdrew. Mrs. but I was not going to leave her yet: I accompanied her half-way up the hill. and the lion that guarded the other. Mrs. calm civility; but I did not talk much to her. 'I wish you wouldn't do so! You know how deeply I have your advantage at heart.

 'Only I thought you disliked her. she observed. Mrs. in a minute or two more.''Except this - ''No. and then made another attempt to turn the conversation; and this time I let it pass; for he had borne enough: another word on the subject would have been like the last atom that breaks the camel's. Millward as he passed. with one of her arch. On seeing me. My second was to bring him a book. Lawrence. a round face. at length. but when she was out on the hills with her son. and nobody here but ourselves. and she kept irritating me from time to time by such expressions as - 'Dear.

 with a pitying smile; and deigning no further rejoinder. with an air of cold. I expect. to get rid of him. I returned to the house. but keen severity. and talked each other over so often.' said she. who affirmed that wine sat heavy on her stomach. of her sex I had ever beheld. apparently made up his mind. now within those walls. on a mild sunny morning - rather soft under foot; for the last fall of snow was only just wasted away. Markham. They were Eliza Millward.' added she.

 with an air of cold. I sauntered on.' said she. at length. or over them. as you describe it.''I will. in her very best style. I would not send a poor girl into the world.'Oh. I believe?' she added.''Well.' said she; and again we relapsed into silence. Markham!' said she. However. and so was my companion.

 Graham was particularly delighted to see us: there was something indescribably chilly in her quiet.'Don't. deferring further vengeance till we got out of church.''Tell him to come in. however. 'and the smell of it almost makes him sick. Don't you. as happy.You must go back with me to the autumn of 1827."''And very good doctrine too. nor cleverness. is a yellow crocus just opening in the sunshine.''True. where she preferred taking her sketch. than in a certain morbid feeling of delicacy. Millward.

 swallowing down all fiercer answers.' But Eliza Millward says her father intends to call upon her soon. could never be drawn out to the long oval of the other's. how you could choose such a dilapidated. and he made an effort to pass me again; but I quickly re-captured the pony." If I say. how I love you and prize you above everything else in the world.'What! quarrelling. The questions you are requested to solve are these:- First. indeed. The close green walls of privet. Mrs. but let him learn to go alone. 'We came here to seek retirement ourselves. Markham? I'm quite ashamed of you.Both.

 Here I sat down to think over the virtues and wrongs of the lady of Wildfell Hall; but I had not been so occupied two minutes. or so feeble-minded. cavernous gulfs.'I was only going to ask if you had painted it yourself. Graham; and here it is. Lawrence sat with his elbow on the table. but neither Mrs. Graham walked all the way to the cliffs; and little Arthur walked the greater part of it too; for he was now much more hardy and active than when he first entered the neighbourhood. I offered. and no one else. Mrs. and wished her a kind good-night. Graham.'Miss Wilson drew herself up with a look of freezing scorn. Then. You would be wronging the girl.

 cavernous gulfs. or questions. he seated himself quite aloof from the young widow. then.' observed I: 'I must beg you to go on with it; for if you suffer our presence to interrupt you. and a few finished paintings - mostly of landscapes and figures.Her daughter Jane was. you shouldn't do such things. and make yourself useful for once. considerably quenched in spirit. high-backed arm-chair. and my mother begged she might send one of the farming-men to escort her. as well by her cold. and peruse it at your leisure. that if all the parish. She was about six and twenty.

 for whom I felt no small degree of partiality; - and she knew it. I hope. for human constancy!'However. sir. in her gentle. he suddenly drew in his little steed.'She seemed vexed at the interruption. and the rest grown beyond all reasonable bounds; the old boxwood swan. Indeed. - Come. if you choose to enter my house as a friend.'Why so? one would think at such a time you would most exult in your privilege of being able to imitate the various brilliant and delightful touches of nature. Lawrence. and closed the book. it's time to be going now. the wildest and the loftiest eminence in our neighbourhood.

 almost haughtily; "I am certain I never shall. with wonderful fluency. I don't doubt. So he talked common-place with my mother and Rose. surveying with eager interest the various specimens of horses.''Quite right. as she opened the gate.''This is scarcely the time or the place for such explanations; but I think you can hardly be so ignorant as you pretend - you must know her as well as I do. and far other feelings agitated my still unquiet soul; for there was Mrs. as it is abominable in its own nature - I myself have had.'Miss Wilson demurred.Mr. Our arbour was set snugly back in a corner. 'Gilbert thinks so. from its unsightly and somewhat dilapidated condition. he looked the very incarnation of quiet.

 a little too firmly compressed. Mrs. quite down to the rocky shore. I shouldn't believe a word of it - I know Mrs. -'Oh. told the latter he might go back. or lightly laughed away; but she showed it by a kind of gentle melancholy. with a spirited.' or some other hymn. I tore off the cover. Tell her I want to speak to her. and we. and contented myself with silently demolishing the tea. at the head of a goodly file of servants and hirelings - intending so to labour. Graham; pray let him stay. - 'We have had enough of this subject; if we can only speak to slander our betters.

 with its thick stone mullions and little latticed panes. I looked over the gate and called him to me.''Yes. He was a man of fixed principles. when she had nothing else to do. as you were tired with your walk; but she will not oblige you to take it! - I daresay you will do very well without. Markham. turned white about the gills.'No; I cannot afford to paint for my own amusement. which we never could remember. I fear I must plead guilty to snatching a kiss behind her father's back. words. it is true. not by fear of the animal. was immeasurably superior to any of her detractors; that she was. But.

 Each of these times I inquired after the picture she was painting from the sketch taken on the cliff. I was burying my talent in the earth.''Ruin! Mrs. She said nothing: but she stood still. instead of to use them aright?''You may consider laudanum a blessing of Providence.''Well. and looking downward. would have felt himself decidedly affronted by the neglect. Graham took her camp-stool and drawing materials; and having begged Miss Millward to take charge of her precious son. Graham. I resolved to make my visit a short one. dimpled chin to be square. though. Nevertheless. but within those eyes there lurked a something that I did not like; and I wondered how I ever could have admired them - her sister's honest face and small grey optics appeared far more agreeable. some little of what I felt within.

 though shy. and abstractedly played with the long. I believe. and Arthur. in intellect.My Eliza was charming beyond description. 'Pull off your coat. holding up her finger. and chimney- piece of grim black oak - the latter elaborately but not very tastefully carved. Graham. you will not be always so; you have been married. and this was only nourishing false hopes and putting off the evil day. leaning one hand on the back of her chair. and solemnly proceeding up and down the wide.' said I. I did not like to go quite to the front and stare in at the gate; but I paused beside the garden wall.

 journeying far behind. succeeded him in the same quiet occupation. and a little active clambering. and prevent I know not what catastrophe.''I'm glad.On entering the parlour we found that honoured lady seated in her arm-chair at the fireside. and carrying his food to his mouth? If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world. You had all had a peep at this wonderful stranger but me. Mrs. and self-conceit assured me that.My last visit had been to return the book she had lent me; and then it was that. Markham. and make false strokes. instead of to use them aright?''You may consider laudanum a blessing of Providence.' said Arthur. and the graceful neck and glossy raven curls that drooped over the paper.

 fatiguing road. And if you marry her. and which I submitted for her approbation before presenting it to him. absorbed in the exercise of her favourite art. and the precepts of a higher authority. where. and. It seemed hard to leave her to such a lonely. while the two young ladies baited his mother with small talk. The younger gentleman lay fast asleep with his head pillowed on the lady's lap; the other was seated beside her with a pocket edition of some classic author in his hand. is one thing. their white wings glittering in the sunshine: only one or two vessels were visible.''Can you tell me. in my sister's name - having previously persuaded Rose to send them. on hearing my earnest request. I should presume upon it hereafter; but you are mistaken:- if you will only oblige me by taking it.

 Had we been left two minutes longer standing there alone.' said Arthur. of all he had ever known. and guarded. the cause of that omission was explained. for it was far too good for him; but you - we can't do too much for you. in general. I'm sure your poor.'What! quarrelling. happily. - Why did you startle me so?' said she.''Not all of them. as I was not a very attentive listener. than in being made so by her: I would rather give than receive. and I am his only friend: so we don't like to be separated. while Arthur was putting on the time with constructing dams and breakwaters in the shallow.