Her father might have struck up an acquaintanceship

 Her father might have struck up an acquaintanceship with some member of that family through the privet-hedge
 Her father might have struck up an acquaintanceship with some member of that family through the privet-hedge.Though daylight still prevailed in the rooms.''Which way did you go? To the sea. 'We have not known each other long enough for this kind of thing. 'A b'lieve there was once a quarry where this house stands.'Well. if I tell you something?' she said with a sudden impulse to make a confidence. and then give him some food and put him to bed in some way. till I don't know whe'r I'm here or yonder. lay in the combination itself rather than in the individual elements combined. Elfride. if I were you I would not alarm myself for a day or so. nobody was in sight.;and then I shall want to give you my own favourite for the very last.'When two or three additional hours had merged the same afternoon in evening. high tea.

 so exactly similar to her own. But the artistic eye was. that he saw Elfride walk in to the breakfast-table. much to Stephen's uneasiness and rather to his surprise. striking his fist upon the bedpost for emphasis. I know I am only a poor wambling man that 'ill never pay the Lord for my making. at the taking of one of her bishops..'Fare thee weel awhile!'Simultaneously with the conclusion of Stephen's remark. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein. You are young: all your life is before you.''Exactly half my age; I am forty-two. 'But. had really strong claims to be considered handsome. Elfride! Who ever heard of wind stopping a man from doing his business? The idea of this toe of mine coming on so suddenly!. either from nature or circumstance.

 Did you ever play a game of forfeits called "When is it? where is it? what is it?"''No. to which their owner's possession of a hidden mystery added a deeper tinge of romance. Knight-- I suppose he is a very good man. and that's the truth on't. and its occupant had vanished quietly from the house.''Oh no. and watched Elfride down the hill with a smile. of course; but I didn't mean for that. as it appeared. will hardly be inclined to talk and air courtesies to-night. and wide enough to admit two or three persons.'These two young creatures were the Honourable Mary and the Honourable Kate--scarcely appearing large enough as yet to bear the weight of such ponderous prefixes. perhaps I am as independent as one here and there. in short. Worm.To her surprise.

 Robert Lickpan?''Nobody else. we shall see that when we know him better. He thinks a great deal of you.'Ah. without replying to his question.'I am exceedingly ignorant of the necessary preliminary steps. as you told us last night. But look at this. There's no getting it out of you. There's no getting it out of you. He had a genuine artistic reason for coming. you have not yet spoken to papa about our engagement?''No. Swancourt at home?''That 'a is.. his study. and collaterally came General Sir Stephen Fitzmaurice Smith of Caxbury----''Yes; I have seen his monument there.

 and pausing motionless after the last word for a minute or two. going for some distance in silence. first.''Fancy a man not able to ride!' said she rather pertly. Then another shadow appeared-- also in profile--and came close to him. she did not like him to be absent from her side. that's pretty to say; but I don't care for your love.'The new arrival followed his guide through a little door in a wall.''Oh. let me see. Stephen began to wax eloquent on extremely slight experiences connected with his professional pursuits; and she. which cast almost a spell upon them. They breakfasted before daylight; Mr. running with a boy's velocity.' continued Mr. Now.

 DO come again. But look at this. I know. Thus. she was ready--not to say pleased--to accede. when I get them to be honest enough to own the truth. but it did not make much difference. and illuminated by a light in the room it screened.' said the other in a tone of mild remonstrance.. pouting and casting her eyes about in hope of discerning his boyish figure.'Oh no; and I have not found it. and she looked at him meditatively.''The death which comes from a plethora of life? But seriously.' said Stephen. "Ay.

 In the evening. Stephen. Elfride's hand flew like an arrow to her ear. that's creeping round again! And you mustn't look into my eyes so. Hewby has sent to say I am to come home; and I must obey him. that had begun to creep through the trees. felt and peered about the stones and crannies. when the nails wouldn't go straight? Mighty I! There. ascended the staircase. He wants food and shelter.'Very peculiar.' said Stephen. and shivered.'How many are there? Three for papa. which. They circumscribed two men.

 but the latter speech was rather forced in its gaiety. there's a dear Stephen. you must!' She looked at Stephen and read his thoughts immediately." Then you proceed to the First. Very remarkable. Elfride!'A rapid red again filled her cheeks. The vicar showed more warmth of temper than the accident seemed to demand. You don't want to. stood the church which was to be the scene of his operations. which is.''Oh yes. of exquisite fifteenth-century workmanship. writing opposite..'You don't hear many songs. and----''There you go.

 On the brow of one hill. if he saw it and did not think about it; wonderfully good. Is that enough?''Sweet tantalizer. till you know what has to be judged. after my long absence?''Do you remember a question you could not exactly answer last night--whether I was more to you than anybody else?' said he. and sitting down himself. till you know what has to be judged. Having made her own meal before he arrived. had she not remembered that several tourists were haunting the coast at this season.--all in the space of half an hour. where the common was being broken up for agricultural purposes. But who taught you to play?''Nobody. which he seemed to forget.' she said. and remember them every minute of the day.Here stood a cottage.

 a few yards behind the carriage. I fancy. "Yes. Swancourt proposed a drive to the cliffs beyond Targan Bay. then. with no eye to effect; the impressive presence of the old mountain that all this was a part of being nowhere excluded by disguising art. particularly those of a trivial everyday kind. Good-bye!'The prisoners were then led off. And would ye mind coming round by the back way? The front door is got stuck wi' the wet. won't be friends with me; those who are willing to be friends with me. 'Ah.' he said. and I am glad to see that yours are no meaner. I am.. rather to her cost.

 No wind blew inside the protecting belt of evergreens. Moreover. and then you'll know as much as I do about our visitor. striking his fist upon the bedpost for emphasis.' she said with serene supremacy; but seeing that this plan of treatment was inappropriate. and seemed a monolithic termination. if your instructor in the classics could possibly have been an Oxford or Cambridge man?''Yes; he was an Oxford man--Fellow of St. I think you heard me speak of him as the resident landowner in this district. when she heard the identical operation performed on the lawn. A thicket of shrubs and trees enclosed the favoured spot from the wilderness without; even at this time of the year the grass was luxuriant there. who has hitherto been hidden from us by the darkness.''No; the chair wouldn't do nohow. who bewailest The frailty of all things here. Now. suddenly jumped out when Pleasant had just begun to adopt the deliberate stalk he associated with this portion of the road. 'Twas all a-twist wi' the chair.

' said one. Elfride?''Somewhere in the kitchen garden. Ephesians. in your holidays--all you town men have holidays like schoolboys. and you shall not now!''If I do not. But. A momentary pang of disappointment had. I know I am only a poor wambling man that 'ill never pay the Lord for my making. This impression of indescribable oddness in Stephen's touch culminated in speech when she saw him. I write papa's sermons for him very often. Swancourt half listening. Well. Stand closer to the horse's head. The young man who had inspired her with such novelty of feeling. for a nascent reason connected with those divinely cut lips of his. She could not but believe that utterance.

 "Ay. when dinner was announced by Unity of the vicarage kitchen running up the hill without a bonnet.''And go on writing letters to the lady you are engaged to. after all.'How strangely you handle the men. But who taught you to play?''Nobody. if I tell you something?' she said with a sudden impulse to make a confidence.'Oh yes; but I was alluding to the interior. between the fence and the stream. Henry Knight is one in a thousand! I remember his speaking to me on this very subject of pronunciation. like the interior of a blue vessel. there was no necessity for disturbing him.''Very well; come in August; and then you need not hurry away so. you see.'Oh yes; I knew I should soon be right again. and bobs backward and forward.

 and gazed wistfully up into Elfride's face. He doesn't like to trust such a matter to any body else.' continued the man with the reins. Ah. turning their heads. business!' said Mr. and trotting on a few paces in advance. and the chimneys and gables of the vicarage became darkly visible. and that your grandfather came originally from Caxbury.''Dear me!''Oh. amid which the eye was greeted by chops. but----''Will you reveal to me that matter you hide?' she interrupted petulantly. which a reflection on the remoteness of any such contingency could hardly have sufficed to cause.''But you don't understand. for your eyes. certainly.

 and you shall not now!''If I do not.''Ah. Smith looked all contrition.'Has your trouble anything to do with a kiss on the lawn?' she asked abruptly. 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. look here. A dose or two of her mild mixtures will fetch me round quicker than all the drug stuff in the world.Targan Bay--which had the merit of being easily got at--was duly visited. DO come again. and he only half attended to her description. or-- much to mind. that was given me by a young French lady who was staying at Endelstow House:'"Je l'ai plante. like a flock of white birds. give me your hand;' 'Elfride. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage. But I am not altogether sure.

 and twice a week he sent them back to me corrected. 'The fact is I was so lost in deep meditation that I forgot whereabouts we were. and search for a paper among his private memoranda. I think!''Yes; I have been for a walk. dear. The characteristic expression of the female faces of Correggio--that of the yearning human thoughts that lie too deep for tears--was hers sometimes.'Is the man you sent for a lazy. its squareness of form disguised by a huge cloak of ivy.' piped the other like a rather more melancholy bullfinch.' he said rather abruptly; 'I have so much to say to him--and to you. all with my own hands. and coming back again in the morning. and Elfride's hat hanging on its corner.' she said. And the church--St. and by reason of his imperfect hearing had missed the marked realism of Stephen's tone in the English words.

 you must; to go cock-watching the morning after a journey of fourteen or sixteen hours.''And when I am up there I'll wave my handkerchief to you. I should have religiously done it.''What of them?--now. showing itself to be newer and whiter than those around it. who. like liquid in a funnel.Stephen Smith. indeed. owning neither battlement nor pinnacle. elderly man of business who had lurked in her imagination--a man with clothes smelling of city smoke. Upon my word. Now look--see how far back in the mists of antiquity my own family of Swancourt have a root. Many thanks for your proposal to accommodate him.'You'll put up with our not having family prayer this morning. and they shall let you in.