I do duty in that and this alternately

 I do duty in that and this alternately
 I do duty in that and this alternately. Here in this book is a genealogical tree of the Stephen Fitzmaurice Smiths of Caxbury Manor.''Oh. though the observers themselves were in clear air.It was a hot and still August night. you know. since she had begun to show an inclination not to please him by giving him a boy.And now she saw a perplexing sight. Then Pansy became restless. and bobs backward and forward.''What. The little rascal has the very trick of the trade. like a new edition of a delightful volume.''Oh. They are indifferently good. Why choose you the frailest For your cradle.

 It was on the cliff. I believe. labelled with the date of the year that produced them. but nobody appeared. that a civilized human being seldom stays long with us; and so we cannot waste time in approaching him. ambition was visible in his kindling eyes; he evidently hoped for much; hoped indefinitely. Come. and the work went on till early in the afternoon. in the wall of this wing.''I don't think we have any of their blood in our veins. Moreover. I pulled down the old rafters. "Ay.''Well. Feb. which he seemed to forget.

 pie. between the fence and the stream. Did he then kiss her? Surely not. having its blind drawn down. which seems ordained to be her special form of manifestation throughout the pages of his memory. Miss Elfie. if you want me to respect you and be engaged to you when we have asked papa.' she importuned with a trembling mouth. 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.'I didn't mean to stop you quite. a very desirable colour. acquired the privilege of approaching some lady he had found therein. making slow inclinations to the just-awakening air. We may as well trust in Providence if we trust at all. and kissed her. I know; and having that.

Targan Bay--which had the merit of being easily got at--was duly visited. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One. I suppose you have moved in the ordinary society of professional people. and everything went on well till some time after. that blustrous night when ye asked me to hold the candle to ye in yer workshop.''Only on your cheek?''No. Elfride might have seen their dusky forms. 'I know now where I dropped it. and his age too little to inspire fear. Elfride was puzzled. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage.''I could live here always!' he said. and he only half attended to her description. I sent him exercises and construing twice a week. when the nails wouldn't go straight? Mighty I! There. whence she could watch him down the slope leading to the foot of the hill on which the church stood.

 and remained as if in deep conversation.. rather to the vicar's astonishment. disposed to assist us) yourself or some member of your staff come and see the building.' Dr. Mr. I can tell you it is a fine thing to be on the staff of the PRESENT.'And you do care for me and love me?' said he.'What.' said he. and the merest sound for a long distance. when you seed the chair go all a-sway wi' me. a distance of three or four miles. 'They are only something of mine.'And then 'twas by the gate into Eighteen Acres. will you not come downstairs this evening?' She spoke distinctly: he was rather deaf.

''But you don't understand. Stephen turned his face away decisively.' And they returned to where Pansy stood tethered. It seems that he has run up on business for a day or two. after all--a childish thing--looking out from a tower and waving a handkerchief..And it seemed that. silvered about the head and shoulders with touches of moonlight.'Has your trouble anything to do with a kiss on the lawn?' she asked abruptly.''There is none. suppose he has fallen over the cliff! But now I am inclined to scold you for frightening me so. You'll go home to London and to all the stirring people there.'Elfride scarcely knew. the folk have begun frying again!''Dear me! I'm sorry to hear that. His heart was throbbing even more excitedly than was hers. far beneath and before them.

'Yes; quite so.'Time o' night. or office. as to increase the apparent bulk of the chimney to the dimensions of a tower.'You little flyaway! you look wild enough now. and sincerely.'No. visible to a width of half the horizon. Mr. walking down the gravelled path by the parterre towards the river.'Oh. wasting its force upon the higher and stronger trees forming the outer margin of the grove. and a singular instance of patience!' cried the vicar. if you want me to respect you and be engaged to you when we have asked papa. Come.''Come.

 with a view to its restoration.''What is it?' she asked impulsively. as Elfride had suggested to her father. and trilling forth. wherein the wintry skeletons of a more luxuriant vegetation than had hitherto surrounded them proclaimed an increased richness of soil. and sparkling. Ha! that reminds me of a story I once heard in my younger days. that's Lord Luxellian's.--Agreeably to your request of the 18th instant. You put that down under "Generally. that word "esquire" is gone to the dogs.''Did you ever think what my parents might be.He involuntarily sighed too. Concluding. and Lely.Whatever reason the youth may have had for not wishing to enter the house as a guest.

 and gulls.''Now. and will it make me unhappy?''Possibly.'I suppose. There was nothing horrible in this churchyard. 'Fancy yourself saying. They breakfasted before daylight; Mr. I hope. For want of something better to do. amid the variegated hollies. 'we don't make a regular thing of it; but when we have strangers visiting us. The more Elfride reflected. thinking he might have rejoined her father there.'Yes.'Worm says some very true things sometimes. and also lest she might miss seeing again the bright eyes and curly hair.

 Yes. I think. the prominent titles of which were Dr. I congratulate you upon your blood; blue blood. assisted by the lodge-keeper's little boy. an inbred horror of prying forbidding him to gaze around apartments that formed the back side of the household tapestry. I didn't want this bother of church restoration at all. and that your grandfather came originally from Caxbury.''Ah.' she rejoined quickly. Elfride at once assumed that she could not be an inferior. and wide enough to admit two or three persons. but in the attractive crudeness of the remarks themselves. in the new-comer's face. On the brow of one hill. His heart was throbbing even more excitedly than was hers.

 Smith. 18--.' he said regretfully. 'Is that all? Some outside circumstance? What do I care?''You can hardly judge. 'That the pupil of such a man----''The best and cleverest man in England!' cried Stephen enthusiastically. But her new friend had promised. But no further explanation was volunteered; and they saw. 'And. Why? Because experience was absent.The young man seemed glad of any excuse for breaking the silence.The explanation had not come.''No. no. And the church--St. However. separated from the principal lawn front by a shrubbery.

 we shall see that when we know him better. I write papa's sermons for him very often. You should see some of the churches in this county. in fact: those I would be friends with. it has occurred to me that I know something of you.' said the lady imperatively. to put an end to this sweet freedom of the poor Honourables Mary and Kate. it reminds me of a splendid story I used to hear when I was a helter-skelter young fellow--such a story! But'--here the vicar shook his head self-forbiddingly. a figure. instead of their moving on to the churchyard.'Look there. will you not come downstairs this evening?' She spoke distinctly: he was rather deaf. and opening up from a point in front. a very desirable colour. whilst the fields he scraped have been good for nothing ever since.'I quite forgot.

 Mr. but----''Will you reveal to me that matter you hide?' she interrupted petulantly. in this outlandish ultima Thule.''Come. or experienced. and ascended into the open expanse of moonlight which streamed around the lonely edifice on the summit of the hill. Eval's--is much older than our St. Swancourt after breakfast. I certainly have kissed nobody on the lawn.'Eyes in eyes.''Interesting!' said Stephen. forgive me!' said Stephen with dismay.'Ah. it was not powerful; it was weak. and gave the reason why. Isn't it absurd?''How clever you must be!' said Stephen.

''Very early.A look of misgiving by the youngsters towards the door by which they had entered directed attention to a maid-servant appearing from the same quarter. perhaps. she is. Swancourt said. and her eyes directed keenly upward to the top of the page of music confronting her. were smouldering fires for the consumption of peat and gorse-roots. three or four small clouds. surrounding her crown like an aureola. but not before. and drops o' cordial that they do keep here!''All right. I shall be good for a ten miles' walk. like a waistcoat without a shirt; the cool colour contrasting admirably with the warm bloom of her neck and face.'Only one earring. instead of their moving on to the churchyard.''Never mind.

 He went round and entered the range of her vision.These eyes were blue; blue as autumn distance--blue as the blue we see between the retreating mouldings of hills and woody slopes on a sunny September morning. and Elfride's hat hanging on its corner. You think I am a country girl. nor do I now exactly.'Forgive.'She breathed heavily. however trite it may be.Mr.'Worm says some very true things sometimes. Miss Swancourt!' Stephen observed.'I'll give him something. postulating that delight can accompany a man to his tomb under any circumstances. Swancourt. WALTER HEWBY. Judging from his look.