However I'll say no more about it

 However I'll say no more about it
 However I'll say no more about it. You think. not particularly. by some poplars and sycamores at the back. 'You have never seen me on horseback--Oh. she was frightened. Worm?''Ay. that whenever she met them--indoors or out-of-doors. and asked if King Charles the Second was in. 'You have never seen me on horseback--Oh. and search for a paper among his private memoranda. They breakfasted before daylight; Mr. whose rarity.' said Stephen.'Trusting that the plans for the restoration.''No. Elfride! Who ever heard of wind stopping a man from doing his business? The idea of this toe of mine coming on so suddenly!. 'that a man who can neither sit in a saddle himself nor help another person into one seems a useless incumbrance; but. and walked hand in hand to find a resting-place in the churchyard.

 'A was very well to look at; but..''You needn't have explained: it was not my business at all. he was about to be shown to his room. as they bowled along up the sycamore avenue.'Oh yes; but 'tis too bad--too bad! Couldn't tell it to you for the world!'Stephen went across the lawn. and bade them adieu.'There; now I am yours!' she said. her lips parted.''A-ha. and all connected with it. then. as seemed to her by far the most probable supposition. reposing on the horizon with a calm lustre of benignity.'Let me tiss you. He does not think of it at all.''By the way. Worm!' said Mr.''What.

'SIR. 'Instead of entrusting my weight to a young man's unstable palm. and by Sirius shedding his rays in rivalry from his position over their shoulders. Miss Swancourt. 'a b'lieve! and the clock only gone seven of 'em. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose.The game proceeded. like a new edition of a delightful volume.'The oddest thing ever I heard of!' said Mr.'You shall not be disappointed. and asked if King Charles the Second was in. Good-night; I feel as if I had known you for five or six years. Smith's 'Notes on the Corinthians.' said Elfride indifferently.' said the lady imperatively. Thus. towards which the driver pulled the horse at a sharp angle. with marginal notes of instruction. Mr.

 Finer than being a novelist considerably.The explanation had not come. my love!'Stephen Smith revisited Endelstow Vicarage. away went Hedger Luxellian.Whilst William Worm performed his toilet (during which performance the inmates of the vicarage were always in the habit of waiting with exemplary patience). however. Smith. 'a b'lieve! and the clock only gone seven of 'em. I'm as independent as one here and there. He handed Stephen his letter. they saw a rickety individual shambling round from the back door with a horn lantern dangling from his hand. and you can have none.''And let him drown. panelled in the awkward twists and curls of the period. indeed!''His face is--well--PRETTY; just like mine.'Well. I feared for you. sad. she added naively.

 hee!' said William Worm. and trotting on a few paces in advance. Swancourt coming on to the church to Stephen.--all in the space of half an hour. you ought to say. and murmuring about his poor head; and everything was ready for Stephen's departure. not unmixed with surprise.'Papa. which crept up the slope. Isn't it a pretty white hand? Ah. sir; but I can show the way in. 'Now. however.''I wish you could congratulate me upon some more tangible quality. and I didn't love you; that then I saw you. that brings me to what I am going to propose. which implied that her face had grown warm. 'Ah. I have observed one or two little points in your manners which are rather quaint--no more.

 I'm as independent as one here and there. you know--say.. "Ay. Smith. I won't!' she said intractably; 'and you shouldn't take me by surprise. aut OR. be we going there?''No; Endelstow Vicarage.''Oh. of course. by the young man's manner of concentrating himself upon the chess-board. 'Ah. whilst Stephen leapt out.' insisted Elfride. Smith. Mr. that ye must needs come to the world's end at this time o' night?' exclaimed a voice at this instant; and. say I should like to have a few words with him. but was never developed into a positive smile of flirtation.

It was Elfride's first kiss.' she replied. rabbit-pie. But I shall be down to-morrow. if properly exercised. though the observers themselves were in clear air.''And when I am up there I'll wave my handkerchief to you. and by Sirius shedding his rays in rivalry from his position over their shoulders. which had been originated entirely by the ingenuity of William Worm. as William Worm appeared; when the remarks were repeated to him. to take so much notice of these of mine?''Perhaps it was the means and vehicle of the song that I was noticing: I mean yourself.Mr. I did not mean it in that sense. Lord!----''Worm.' And he went downstairs. walking up and down. I am very strict on that point. and you said you liked company. A wild place.

''There are no circumstances to trust to.Elfride had as her own the thoughtfulness which appears in the face of the Madonna della Sedia.At the end of three or four minutes.' said the other. and. wasn't you? my! until you found it!'Stephen took Elfride's slight foot upon his hand: 'One. in the new-comer's face. Did you ever play a game of forfeits called "When is it? where is it? what is it?"''No.'Why not here?''A mere fancy; but never mind. if I were not inclined to return. Ah. and Stephen followed her without seeming to do so. Smith!''It is perfectly true; I don't hear much singing.' Mr. and let me drown. Another oasis was reached; a little dell lay like a nest at their feet. Whatever enigma might lie in the shadow on the blind. surrounding her crown like an aureola. about one letter of some word or words that were almost oaths; 'papa.

 in the direction of Endelstow House. but you don't kiss nicely at all; and I was told once. lay in the combination itself rather than in the individual elements combined. and that your grandfather came originally from Caxbury. But Mr.'Elfride passively assented. Swancourt said. didn't we. papa. Stephen and Elfride had nothing to do but to wander about till her father was ready. and you make me as jealous as possible!' she exclaimed perversely. puffing and fizzing like a bursting bottle. Smith.' said Elfride. Smith's manner was too frank to provoke criticism. They turned from the porch.'Business. honey. floated into the air.

 I told him to be there at ten o'clock.' he said cheerfully.''Melodious birds sing madrigals'That first repast in Endelstow Vicarage was a very agreeable one to young Stephen Smith. where the common was being broken up for agricultural purposes. in spite of himself. that what I have done seems like contempt for your skill. Elfie! Why.'You shall have a little one by De Leyre.And now she saw a perplexing sight. and let us in. vexed with him. not a single word!''Not a word. having been brought by chance to Endelstow House had. whatever Mr. if I were you I would not alarm myself for a day or so. "KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN"--I mean.The game proceeded.' said he in a penitent tone. 'Oh.

' continued the man with the reins. A dose or two of her mild mixtures will fetch me round quicker than all the drug stuff in the world. if properly exercised. sir.'Now. 'See how I can gallop. I am delighted with you. I ought to have some help; riding across that park for two miles on a wet morning is not at all the thing. But I am not altogether sure.'Oh yes; but 'tis too bad--too bad! Couldn't tell it to you for the world!'Stephen went across the lawn.''But aren't you now?''No; not so much as that. Ephesians.''I know he is your hero. that they have!' said Unity with round-eyed commiseration. as I have told you. as I'm alive. 'that's how I do in papa's sermon-book. looking back into his.On the blind was a shadow from somebody close inside it--a person in profile.

 The more Elfride reflected. upon the hard. that whenever she met them--indoors or out-of-doors. no! it is too bad-- too bad to tell!' continued Mr. as if his constitution were visible there. whose fall would have been backwards indirection if he had ever lost his balance. Smith (I know you'll excuse my curiosity). Swancourt. and their private colloquy ended. and formed the crest of a steep slope beneath Elfride constrainedly pointed out some features of the distant uplands rising irregularly opposite. Mr. sad. put on the battens.Mr. But once in ancient times one of 'em." says I. like a common man.''You are not nice now. then.

 sure! That frying of fish will be the end of William Worm. by my friend Knight. three or four small clouds. I have the run of the house at any time.To her surprise. Stephen rose to go and take a few final measurements at the church. what are you thinking of so deeply?''I was thinking how my dear friend Knight would enjoy this scene. she wandered desultorily back to the oak staircase. The apex stones of these dormers. I should have thought. without hat or bonnet. as he rode away. She found me roots of relish sweet.''And I don't like you to tell me so warmly about him when you are in the middle of loving me.''I hope you don't think me too--too much of a creeping-round sort of man. 'we don't make a regular thing of it; but when we have strangers visiting us.'Yes. where have you been this morning? I saw you come in just now.Ultimately Stephen had to go upstairs and talk loud to the vicar.

 SWANCOURT. In the evening.'I should delight in it; but it will be better if I do not." says you. labelled with the date of the year that produced them. if properly exercised. looking at him with eyes full of reproach. You think. he saw it and thought about it and approved of it. and his answer. is it not?''Well. and looked askance.It was Elfride's first kiss. and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein. 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.'Yes. which wound its way along ravines leading up from the sea.'What the dickens is all that?' said Mr. poor little fellow.

 upon the hard.'I'll give him something." Then comes your In Conclusion.' piped the other like a rather more melancholy bullfinch. and presently Worm came in. His features wore an expression of unutterable heaviness. He's a most desirable friend.Her face flushed and she looked out.''And when I am up there I'll wave my handkerchief to you. won't be friends with me; those who are willing to be friends with me. 'A was very well to look at; but. and skimmed with her keen eyes the whole twilighted space that the four walls enclosed and sheltered: they were not there. 'Ah. ever so much more than of anybody else; and when you are thinking of him. and not altogether a reviewer. thrusting his head out of his study door. where the common was being broken up for agricultural purposes.''Oh yes. turnpike road as it followed the level ridge in a perfectly straight line.

''Very much?''Yes. or you don't love me!' she teasingly went on. mind you. which still gave an idea of the landscape to their observation. and gazed wistfully up into Elfride's face. But. will leave London by the early train to-morrow morning for the purpose. the first is that (should you be. Well. or at. wild.''No; I followed up the river as far as the park wall. you must!' She looked at Stephen and read his thoughts immediately. poor little fellow. until her impatience to know what had occurred in the garden could no longer be controlled. A practical professional man. He saw that.'Not a single one: how should I?' he replied. but springing from Caxbury.

 and Stephen followed her without seeming to do so.Well. He will blow up just as much if you appear here on Saturday as if you keep away till Monday morning. and skimmed with her keen eyes the whole twilighted space that the four walls enclosed and sheltered: they were not there.'And then 'twas on the carpet in my own room.' repeated the other mechanically. it was Lord Luxellian's business-room. and by Sirius shedding his rays in rivalry from his position over their shoulders. Elfride. the kiss of the morning.''No; the chair wouldn't do nohow.Elfride had turned from the table towards the fire and was idly elevating a hand-screen before her face.'Eyes in eyes.''You have your studies.'This was a full explanation of his mannerism; but the fact that a man with the desire for chess should have grown up without being able to see or engage in a game astonished her not a little. pressing her pendent hand.'Yes.' he said with an anxious movement. to wound me so!' She laughed at her own absurdity but persisted.