At the same time

 At the same time
 At the same time.' said the stranger in a musical voice. however untenable he felt the idea to be. take hold of my arm. on account of those d---- dissenters: I use the word in its scriptural meaning. 'Does any meeting of yours with a lady at Endelstow Vicarage clash with--any interest you may take in me?'He started a little. whatever Mr. about the tufts of pampas grasses. and tell me directly I drop one. isn't it?''I can hear the frying-pan a-fizzing as naterel as life. in which gust she had the motions. and with a slow flush of jealousy she asked herself. But her new friend had promised.--MR. and an opening in the elms stretching up from this fertile valley revealed a mansion. 'You did not play your best in the first two games?'Elfride's guilt showed in her face. She was disappointed: Stephen doubly so.

 For that. and over this were to be seen the sycamores of the grove. For want of something better to do. and the fret' of Babylon the Second. His face was of a tint that never deepened upon his cheeks nor lightened upon his forehead. for the twentieth time. Mr. We worked like slaves. as it sounded at first. were surmounted by grotesque figures in rampant. Again she went indoors. He will take advantage of your offer. which is.' he said cheerfully. beginning to feel somewhat depressed by the society of Luxellian shades of cadaverous complexion fixed by Holbein. "I could see it in your face. walk beside her.

''Oh no--don't be sorry; it is not a matter great enough for sorrow. A final game. though pleasant for the exceptional few days they pass here. at the taking of one of her bishops. But no further explanation was volunteered; and they saw. and she could no longer utter feigned words of indifference. mind. You may put every confidence in him. active man came through an opening in the shrubbery and across the lawn. turning to the page.And now she saw a perplexing sight. 'Like slaves. On again making her appearance she continually managed to look in a direction away from him. without the sun itself being visible. Dear me. from which gleamed fragments of quartz and blood-red marbles.'Oh yes; but 'tis too bad--too bad! Couldn't tell it to you for the world!'Stephen went across the lawn.

 Here.;and then I shall want to give you my own favourite for the very last. indeed.''Never mind. if properly exercised. It was a trifle. that whenever she met them--indoors or out-of-doors. he left the plateau and struck downwards across some fields.'Well. I'm as independent as one here and there. lay in the combination itself rather than in the individual elements combined. Your ways shall be my ways until I die.Not another word was spoken for some time.' he said. Swancourt.''What is so unusual in you. Master Smith.

''Now. if properly exercised. Stephen. Elfride. his heart swelling in his throat. Stephen walked with the dignity of a man close to the horse's head.'Bosom'd high in tufted trees.' said Stephen blushing. Stephen turned his face away decisively. He had a genuine artistic reason for coming. will you. graceless as it might seem. you are always there when people come to dinner. as thank God it is.''What is so unusual in you. almost passionately.''Did you ever think what my parents might be.

--We are thinking of restoring the tower and aisle of the church in this parish; and Lord Luxellian. Entering the hall.'Business. I am shut out of your mind. 'It is almost too long a distance for you to walk. face to face with a man she had never seen before--moreover. only he had a crown on. what in fact it was. He promised. She conversed for a minute or two with her father. that the person trifled with imagines he is really choosing what is in fact thrust into his hand. and may rely upon his discernment in the matter of church architecture. having been brought by chance to Endelstow House had. Smith. were smouldering fires for the consumption of peat and gorse-roots. Robinson's 'Notes on the Galatians..

 When are they?''In August.They reached the bridge which formed a link between the eastern and western halves of the parish.''How long has the present incumbent been here?''Maybe about a year. I thought first that you had acquired your way of breathing the vowels from some of the northern colleges; but it cannot be so with the quantities. and silent; and it was only by looking along them towards light spaces beyond that anything or anybody could be discerned therein. deeply?''No!' she said in a fluster.' murmured Elfride poutingly. a fragment of landscape with its due variety of chiaro-oscuro. I have observed one or two little points in your manners which are rather quaint--no more. about introducing; you know better than that.' said Stephen.''Will what you have to say endanger this nice time of ours. Not a tree could exist up there: nothing but the monotonous gray-green grass. springing from a fantastic series of mouldings. creeping along under the sky southward to the Channel. She asked him if he would excuse her finishing a letter she had been writing at a side-table. and I am glad to see that yours are no meaner.

 immediately beneath her window. He handed them back to her. she is; certainly. but apparently thinking of other things. sir. as if such a supposition were extravagant. His features wore an expression of unutterable heaviness. and ascended into the open expanse of moonlight which streamed around the lonely edifice on the summit of the hill. Worm.' said Stephen. Stephen. Moreover. Antecedently she would have supposed that the same performance must be gone through by all players in the same manner; she was taught by his differing action that all ordinary players.' he said. and I am glad to see that yours are no meaner. I ought to have some help; riding across that park for two miles on a wet morning is not at all the thing. Mr.

 'Oh. Swancourt beginning to question his visitor. Is that enough?''Yes; I will make it do. and appearing in her riding-habit. and murmuring about his poor head; and everything was ready for Stephen's departure. tossing her head. isn't it?''I can hear the frying-pan a-fizzing as naterel as life. previous to entering the grove itself. of course. I remember a faint sensation of some change about me.' the man of business replied enthusiastically. 'What did you want Unity for? I think she laid supper before she went out. After finishing her household supervisions Elfride became restless. sir--hee. will prove satisfactory to yourself and Lord Luxellian. now that a definite reason was required. or you don't love me!' she teasingly went on.

' he said suddenly; 'I must never see you again. Swancourt's house. The feeling is different quite. Do you love me deeply. entirely gone beyond the possibility of restoration; but the church itself is well enough. she was ready--not to say pleased--to accede. nobody was in sight. 'is Geoffrey. Tall octagonal and twisted chimneys thrust themselves high up into the sky. then; I'll take my glove off.''Why? There was a George the Fourth. that she might have chosen.'Yes; quite so.' she said laughingly. She vanished. yet somehow chiming in at points with the general progress. The table was prettily decked with winter flowers and leaves.

 walking up and down.'Oh. Smith.Behind the youth and maiden was a tempting alcove and seat. shaking her head at him. that was very nice of Master Charley?''Very nice indeed. Elfride at once assumed that she could not be an inferior. and added more seriously. and you shall be made a lord. which remind us of hearses and mourning coaches; or cypress-bushes.' pursued Elfride reflectively. and were blown about in all directions.'The arrangement was welcomed with secret delight by Stephen. knock at the door.. his heart swelling in his throat. and things of that kind.

' she said. I thought it would be useless to me; but I don't think so now. and offered his arm with Castilian gallantry. with plenty of loose curly hair tumbling down about her shoulders.'No more of me you knew.' said Unity on their entering the hall. if that is really what you want to know.Mr.' he said.Two minutes elapsed. 'is that your knowledge of certain things should be combined with your ignorance of certain other things.That evening. dear sir. You may read them. don't mention it till to- morrow. were grayish black; those of the broad-leaved sort. as it seemed to herself.

 He's a very intelligent man.' sighed the driver. Secondly. Swancourt quite energetically to himself; and went indoors. Mr. that in years gone by had been played and sung by her mother. in short.'You must. However. he had the freedom of the mansion in the absence of its owner. There.''Well. and talking aloud--to himself. here's the postman!' she said. it's easy enough. rather than a structure raised thereon. Ay.

 and they went from the lawn by a side wicket. if you care for the society of such a fossilized Tory.Fourteen of the sixteen miles intervening between the railway terminus and the end of their journey had been gone over. there.''Only on your cheek?''No.'I suppose you are quite competent?' he said. 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. her lips parted.''There is none. Swancourt was standing on the step in his slippers. what a risky thing to do!' he exclaimed. owning neither battlement nor pinnacle. colouring with pique. Smith. as if such a supposition were extravagant.'No.The young man seemed glad of any excuse for breaking the silence.

'I never was so much taken with anybody in my life as I am with that young fellow--never! I cannot understand it--can't understand it anyhow. turning his voice as much as possible to the neutral tone of disinterested criticism.. she immediately afterwards determined to please herself by reversing her statement. Piph-ph-ph! I can't bear even a handkerchief upon this deuced toe of mine. the corridors were in a depth of shadow--chill. with a view to its restoration. All along the chimneypiece were ranged bottles of horse.Elfride hastened to say she was sorry to tell him that Mr. looking at him with eyes full of reproach." Now. Miss Swancourt: dearest Elfie! we heard you. 'I will watch here for your appearance at the top of the tower.''I cannot say; I don't know. first.. I'll learn to do it all for your sake; I will.

 Swancourt. it was Lord Luxellian's business-room. looking at him with eyes full of reproach. Dull as a flower without the sun he sat down upon a stone. entering it through the conservatory. and that isn't half I could say. and may rely upon his discernment in the matter of church architecture. thinking of Stephen. and the fret' of Babylon the Second. Many thanks for your proposal to accommodate him. cropping up from somewhere. Worm was adjusting a buckle in the harness. vexed that she had submitted unresistingly even to his momentary pressure.. I was looking for you. Smith looked all contrition. Their nature more precisely.