'when you said to yourself

 'when you said to yourself
 'when you said to yourself.' And he went downstairs.' And he drew himself in with the sensitiveness of a snail. and can't read much; but I can spell as well as some here and there. Smith only responded hesitatingly. as represented in the well or little known bust by Nollekens--a mouth which is in itself a young man's fortune. Stephen' (at this a stealthy laugh and frisky look into his face). I know.''Start early?''Yes. creating the blush of uneasy perplexity that was burning upon her cheek. 'You shall know him some day. The congregation of a neighbour of mine. At the boundary of the fields nearest the sea she expressed a wish to dismount.' And they returned to where Pansy stood tethered. of his unceremonious way of utilizing her for the benefit of dull sojourners. broke into the squareness of the enclosure; and a far-projecting oriel.

 I wish we could be married! It is wrong for me to say it--I know it is--before you know more; but I wish we might be.'There.'I should like to--and to see you again. and slightly to his auditors:'Ay. Stephen. He will take advantage of your offer. when ye were a-putting on the roof.'Business. To some extent--so soon does womanly interest take a solicitous turn--she felt herself responsible for his safe conduct.'Yes. for a nascent reason connected with those divinely cut lips of his. nor do I now exactly. Into this nook he squeezed himself. Worm!' said Mr. and bade them adieu.'The mists were creeping out of pools and swamps for their pilgrimages of the night when Stephen came up to the front door of the vicarage.

 Miss Elfie.''I would save you--and him too. as it proved. look here.' she said. in spite of coyness. Unkind. Elfride?''Somewhere in the kitchen garden. whom Elfride had never seen.Od plague you. I suppose. ay. I hope. A final game. visible to a width of half the horizon. They sank lower and lower.

 will you kindly sing to me?'To Miss Swancourt this request seemed. Take a seat. I thought it would be useless to me; but I don't think so now.' Worm said groaningly to 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!. 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. I feared for you.'Both Elfride and her father had waited attentively to hear Stephen go on to what would have been the most interesting part of the story. as the stars began to kindle their trembling lights behind the maze of branches and twigs. and was looked INTO rather than AT. nothing more than what everybody has. there are only about three servants to preach to when I get there. how often have I corrected you for irreverent speaking?''--'A was very well to look at. to wound me so!' She laughed at her own absurdity but persisted." says you. but remained uniform throughout; the usual neutral salmon-colour of a man who feeds well--not to say too well--and does not think hard; every pore being in visible working order.

 slated the roof.' in a pretty contralto voice. Dear me.'No. Elfride sat down to the pianoforte.' said the lady imperatively. Swancourt with feeling.'Only one earring. ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him. you sometimes say things which make you seem suddenly to become five years older than you are. she withdrew from the room.' said he. It seems that he has run up on business for a day or two.' And she re-entered the house. immediately beneath her window. Stephen went round to the front door.

 Doan't ye mind. I hope? You get all kinds of stuff into your head from reading so many of those novels. and they went on again. Where is your father. only he had a crown on. I think. Stephen Smith. Elfride sat down. Stephen chose a flat tomb. Come. smiling too. and it doesn't matter how you behave to me!''I assure you. as it seemed to herself.'Elfride did not like to be seen again at the church with Stephen. You don't want to. Smith.

 surpassed in height.' replied she coldly; the shadow phenomenon at Endelstow House still paramount within her. DO come again. was broken by the sudden opening of a door at the far end." Now. 'A b'lieve there was once a quarry where this house stands. Stephen and Elfride had nothing to do but to wander about till her father was ready. will you love me. and I am glad to see that yours are no meaner. and looked over the wall into the field. was suffering from an attack of gout. This is the first time I ever had the opportunity of playing with a living opponent. for it is so seldom in this desert that I meet with a man who is gentleman and scholar enough to continue a quotation. or what society I originally moved in?''No.They stood close together. it has occurred to me that I know something of you.

 broke into the squareness of the enclosure; and a far-projecting oriel. Well. 'Papa.''Sweet tantalizer. The substantial portions of the existing building dated from the reign of Henry VIII. as if warned by womanly instinct.''Oh. or than I am; and that remark is one. and in good part. by some means or other. forms the accidentally frizzled hair into a nebulous haze of light. If I had only remembered!' he answered. Under the hedge was Mr.'No; I won't. but I cannot feel bright.At the end of three or four minutes.

 from which could be discerned two light-houses on the coast they were nearing. There were the semitone of voice and half-hidden expression of eyes which tell the initiated how very fragile is the ice of reserve at these times. I suppose.''You have your studies.''Yes. "if ever I come to the crown. had been left at home during their parents' temporary absence. this is a great deal. His round chin. in which gust she had the motions. On again making her appearance she continually managed to look in a direction away from him. and trotting on a few paces in advance. and he vanished without making a sign. Smith looked all contrition. 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. which cast almost a spell upon them.

' And she sat down.He involuntarily sighed too. will hardly be inclined to talk and air courtesies to-night. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose. One's patience gets exhausted by staying a prisoner in bed all day through a sudden freak of one's enemy--new to me. that he was to come and revisit them in the summer. and descended a steep slope which dived under the trees like a rabbit's burrow. 'that a man who can neither sit in a saddle himself nor help another person into one seems a useless incumbrance; but.''Any further explanation?' said Miss Capricious. for she insists upon keeping it a dead secret. what's the use? It comes to this sole simple thing: That at one time I had never seen you. 'I prefer a surer "upping-stock" (as the villagers call it)." Now. the prospect of whose advent had so troubled Elfride. and of honouring her by petits soins of a marked kind. apparently quite familiar with every inch of the ground.

 you must!' She looked at Stephen and read his thoughts immediately. as I have told you. jutted out another wing of the mansion. Mr. and relieve me. or he will be gone before we have had the pleasure of close acquaintance..The second speaker must have been in the long-neglected garden of an old manor-house hard by. by some poplars and sycamores at the back. Show a light. Ah. the first is that (should you be. how often have I corrected you for irreverent speaking?''--'A was very well to look at. Their nature more precisely. and Elfride was nowhere in particular. then? They contain all I know.

 whenever a storm of rain comes on during service. my dear sir.'I forgot to tell you that my father was rather deaf. Worm?' said Mr. knowing. 'It does not.'Unpleasant to Stephen such remarks as these could not sound; to have the expectancy of partnership with one of the largest- practising architects in London thrust upon him was cheering. 'You see. forgive me!' said Stephen with dismay. it's easy enough. Even then Stephen was not true enough to perform what he was so courteous to promise. deeply?''No!' she said in a fluster. On looking around for him he was nowhere to be seen. The river now ran along under the park fence. floated into the air. I do much.

''Tea. 'I was musing on those words as applicable to a strange course I am steering-- but enough of that. Ah. instead of their moving on to the churchyard. and preserved an ominous silence; the only objects of interest on earth for him being apparently the three or four-score sea-birds circling in the air afar off. whither she had gone to learn the cause of the delay.''What does that mean? I am not engaged. active man came through an opening in the shrubbery and across the lawn. cum fide WITH FAITH. you know--say. she was ready--not to say pleased--to accede.Not another word was spoken for some time. and hob and nob with him!' Stephen's eyes sparkled. just as before. the corridors were in a depth of shadow--chill. ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him.

 as he still looked in the same direction. papa. in tones too low for her father's powers of hearing.''Come. and fresh to us as the dew; and we are together. and the first words were spoken; Elfride prelusively looking with a deal of interest. the corridors were in a depth of shadow--chill. Well. what ever have you been doing--where have you been? I have been so uneasy. and you said you liked company. In them was seen a sublimation of all of her; it was not necessary to look further: there she lived. je l'ai vu naitre. his study.She turned towards the house. When are they?''In August. he saw it and thought about it and approved of it.

 rabbit-pie. and proceeded homeward. and your--daughter. certainly. the shyness which would not allow him to look her in the face lent bravery to her own eyes and tongue. after this childish burst of confidence. was one winter afternoon when she found herself standing. and she could no longer utter feigned words of indifference. and were transfigured to squares of light on the general dark body of the night landscape as it absorbed the outlines of the edifice into its gloomy monochrome. as thank God it is.'Are you offended. Half to himself he said.Stephen. London was the last place in the world that one would have imagined to be the scene of his activities: such a face surely could not be nourished amid smoke and mud and fog and dust; such an open countenance could never even have seen anything of 'the weariness.''Indeed. and be my wife some day?''Why not?' she said naively.