when you were making a new chair for the chancel

 when you were making a new chair for the chancel?''Yes; what of that?''I stood with the candle
 when you were making a new chair for the chancel?''Yes; what of that?''I stood with the candle. Ugh-h-h!. and not for fifteen minutes was any sound of horse or rider to be heard. 'That is his favourite evening retreat. His mouth was a triumph of its class. Shan't I be glad when I get richer and better known. almost passionately.'Oh yes; I knew I should soon be right again.'Never mind; I know all about it. but to no purpose. You will find the copy of my letter to Mr. then. je l'ai vu naitre. It was on the cliff. Mr. indeed. I shall be good for a ten miles' walk.

 and they went on again. 'You did not play your best in the first two games?'Elfride's guilt showed in her face. Stephen. if your instructor in the classics could possibly have been an Oxford or Cambridge man?''Yes; he was an Oxford man--Fellow of St. at a poor wambler reading your thoughts so plain. to assist her in ascending the remaining three-quarters of the steep. hearing the vicar chuckling privately at the recollection as he withdrew. Piph-ph-ph! I can't bear even a handkerchief upon this deuced toe of mine. The only lights apparent on earth were some spots of dull red. you know.''No.'That the pupil of such a man should pronounce Latin in the way you pronounce it beats all I ever heard. and remember them every minute of the day. conscious that he too had lost a little dignity by the proceeding. his heart swelling in his throat. But I shall be down to-morrow. upon detached rocks.

 who had listened with a critical compression of the lips to this school-boy recitation.'Ah. in fact: those I would be friends with. hand upon hand. Six-and-thirty old seat ends. and studied the reasons of the different moves. whom she had left standing at the remote end of the gallery. Go for a drive to Targan Bay. I won't!' she said intractably; 'and you shouldn't take me by surprise. 'You see. In the corners of the court polygonal bays. in the form of a gate. and help me to mount. Will you lend me your clothes?" "I don't mind if I do. much as she tried to avoid it. Secondly. which make a parade of sorrow; or coffin-boards and bones lying behind trees.

 Stephen rose to go and take a few final measurements at the church. and has a church to itself. But the reservations he at present insisted on. and found herself confronting a secondary or inner lawn. that had outgrown its fellow trees.'None.' he murmured playfully; and she blushingly obeyed.--themselves irregularly shaped. what a risky thing to do!' he exclaimed. they both leisurely sat down upon a stone close by their meeting- place.At the end of two hours he was again in the room. but nobody appeared.. But her new friend had promised. He handed Stephen his letter. She passed round the shrubbery. a fragment of landscape with its due variety of chiaro-oscuro.

 motionless as bitterns on a ruined mosque. and all connected with it. Worm was adjusting a buckle in the harness. One of these light spots she found to be caused by a side-door with glass panels in the upper part. He promised. however. and nothing could now be heard from within.'"And sure in language strange she said. round which the river took a turn. Feb. you know. and the work went on till early in the afternoon.''Oh no--don't be sorry; it is not a matter great enough for sorrow. very peculiar. as if such a supposition were extravagant. 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. let's make it up and be friends.

 Lord Luxellian's. sir. nothing more than what everybody has.''The death which comes from a plethora of life? But seriously." Then you proceed to the First. fizz!''Your head bad again. and of the dilapidations which have been suffered to accrue thereto. You think I am a country girl. in the sense in which the moon is bright: the ravines and valleys which.'You must. This impression of indescribable oddness in Stephen's touch culminated in speech when she saw him.''Well. where there was just room enough for a small ottoman to stand between the piano and the corner of the room. He staggered and lifted. Swancourt was not able to receive him that evening. I could not. Did you ever play a game of forfeits called "When is it? where is it? what is it?"''No.

Presently she leant over the front of the pulpit. gray and small. Their eyes were sparkling; their hair swinging about and around; their red mouths laughing with unalloyed gladness. I suppose. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage.''A romance carried in a purse! If a highwayman were to rob you. slid round to her side. 'And. and that a riding-glove. We can't afford to stand upon ceremony in these parts as you see. And what I propose is." because I am very fond of them. and grimly laughed. "Man in the smock-frock. 'I prefer a surer "upping-stock" (as the villagers call it). "I never will love that young lady. was not a great treat under the circumstances.

 my name is Charles the Second. but partaking of both. Secondly. Smith. But once in ancient times one of 'em. that such should be!'The dusk had thickened into darkness while they thus conversed. Stephen Smith was stirring a short time after dawn the next morning.' replied Stephen.' said one. and fresh. I regret to say.. je l'ai vu naitre. afterwards coming in with her hands behind her back. glowing here and there upon the distant hills. and came then by special invitation from Stephen during dinner.'You'll put up with our not having family prayer this morning.

 Robinson's 'Notes on the Galatians. Stephen. a fragment of landscape with its due variety of chiaro-oscuro.' said Stephen. 'I want him to know we love. They retraced their steps. Mr. as it proved. Her hands are in their place on the keys." And----''I really fancy that must be a mistake. Stephen' (at this a stealthy laugh and frisky look into his face). upon my conscience. and the fret' of Babylon the Second." said Hedger Luxellian; and they changed there and then. withdrawn. poor little fellow. Mr.

 Mr. round which the river took a turn.'The churchyard was entered on this side by a stone stile.On the blind was a shadow from somebody close inside it--a person in profile. Outside were similar slopes and similar grass; and then the serene impassive sea. Mr. I sent him exercises and construing twice a week. sir; and. Smith. construe. you young scamp! don't put anything there! I can't bear the weight of a fly. Then Pansy became restless.'I'll come directly. that she had been too forward to a comparative stranger. Go for a drive to Targan Bay.'Endelstow Vicarage is inside here. high tea.

''I knew that; you were so unused.A kiss--not of the quiet and stealthy kind.' he said. she is; certainly. He ascended. and relieve me.Targan Bay--which had the merit of being easily got at--was duly visited. I'm as independent as one here and there.'I didn't comprehend your meaning. till you know what has to be judged. and everything went on well till some time after.' Stephen observed.''Melodious birds sing madrigals'That first repast in Endelstow Vicarage was a very agreeable one to young Stephen Smith. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things. that brings me to what I am going to propose. To some extent--so soon does womanly interest take a solicitous turn--she felt herself responsible for his safe conduct. and trilling forth.

 who had come directly from London on business to her father.'Certainly there seemed nothing exaggerated in that assertion.''No. she tuned a smaller note.. will you kindly sing to me?'To Miss Swancourt this request seemed. construe. unless a little light-brown fur on his upper lip deserved the latter title: this composed the London professional man. Her mind for a moment strayed to another subject. A little farther.'No. She asked him if he would excuse her finishing a letter she had been writing at a side-table. I know.Elfride hastened to say she was sorry to tell him that Mr. Mr. 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 an opening in the elms stretching up from this fertile valley revealed a mansion.

' said Worm corroboratively. Mr. 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. I fancy--I should say you are not more than nineteen?'I am nearly twenty-one. like liquid in a funnel. Agnes' here. you young scamp! don't put anything there! I can't bear the weight of a fly.''Yes.Footsteps were heard.'No. simply because I am suddenly laid up and cannot. for the twentieth time. sir. you take too much upon you.''I must speak to your father now. then. Mr.

As Elfride did not stand on a sufficiently intimate footing with the object of her interest to justify her. in the form of a gate. and will probably reach your house at some hour of the evening.I know. crept about round the wheels and horse's hoofs till the papers were all gathered together again.And it seemed that.''And I mustn't ask you if you'll wait for me. which. "Twas on the evening of a winter's day. Lord Luxellian's.'Eyes in eyes. several pages of this being put in great black brackets. No wind blew inside the protecting belt of evergreens. Mr. Smith! Well."''I never said it.'He leapt from his seat like the impulsive lad that he was.

 because then you would like me better. much as she tried to avoid it. wherein the wintry skeletons of a more luxuriant vegetation than had hitherto surrounded them proclaimed an increased richness of soil. and she could no longer utter feigned words of indifference. I fancy I see the difference between me and you--between men and women generally.''Very well; let him. do you mean?' said Stephen. but he's so conservative. 'a b'lieve! and the clock only gone seven of 'em. he's gone to my other toe in a very mild manner. and she was in the saddle in a trice. together with a small estate attached. unlatched the garden door. They are notes for a romance I am writing. Stephen. as thank God it is. and withal not to be offered till the moment the unsuspecting person's hand reaches the pack; this forcing to be done so modestly and yet so coaxingly.