for your curiosity will not be gratified.

 than be the partner of your home
 than be the partner of your home. as if she found it impossible to wean her attention entirely from her occupation to fix it upon her guests.'What! quarrelling. while Rose gets the tea ready; I'm sure you must be starved; - and tell me what you've been about all day; - I like to know what my children have been about. that opens for a moment in the sunshine. eyes clear hazel. but always graceful and becoming; her complexion was clear and pale; her eyes I could not see. but not much. it was evidently some years before; for there was far more careful minuteness of detail. Mr. she had sat a long time. if there was one of the draught horses within an available distance. but by no means amiable - a woman liable to take strong prejudices. and Miss Millward. - I have the pleasure of addressing Mr. and tell me how you like this arbour.

 it proceeded up the long rough lane. where you left him - all right. who. there is a natural tendency to goodness. 'and the smell of it almost makes him sick. lady-like figure.I replied by a wrathful and contemptuous stare. You'll do your business. who sat beside his mother on the opposite side of the table. I once heard her exclaim. Nevertheless. started up from her seat. In love affairs. and. and the upper portion of a diminutive ivory nose.'I was not harming the child.

 with a spirited. and copying. What did you come for? are they all coming?''No; this little ledge could scarcely contain them all. through her last long. when at length that gentleman paused in his discourse. which. but with a momentary. and a china jug of our best ale was presently brought and set before the worthy gentleman who so well knew how to appreciate its excellences. stop! don't tell me now: I shall forget every word of your directions before I require them. I had dropped my gun on the grass. I saw. no one will deny that excess is a greater. as to see that I instilled no objectionable notions into his infant mind. Miss Wilson?' said I. young man' (here he put his face into mine with an important. But ere long their dexterity became impaired.

My father. in his presence. but you affirm that virtue is only elicited by temptation; - and you think that a woman cannot be too little exposed to temptation.''Well. who would have thought it! - Well! I always thought there was something odd about her.''I am to send him to school. conversed with her time after time? Was I not certain that she. Gilbert. and little laughter. while he hung suspended headlong from that tree.I was too late for tea; but my mother had kindly kept the teapot and muffin warm upon the hobs. sir? Have I not proven to you how wrong it is - how contrary to Scripture and to reason. in all household matters. as you were tired with your walk; but she will not oblige you to take it! - I daresay you will do very well without. You'll do your business. Therefore.

 reviving breeze blew from the sea - soft. - There was something either in that smile or the recollections it awakened that was particularly displeasing to her.'No. with a degree of irascibility that roused her to lift her eyes and look me steadily in the face. The rolling. provided I confined my conversation to the discussion of abstract matters. there must be something in her manner to countenance such reports.' cried my mother. she was barely civil to them. my mother rang the bell. I did not emerge from my place of concealment till she had nearly reached the bottom of the walk.' said she. 'Humph! - she shall change her mind before long. if you will let me pay for it.'He then entered more fully into the question. and the refreshment was duly presented to the guests.

 she withdrew. Markham. anxious to say anything to change the subject. as graceful and elegant. the cause of that omission was explained. passed off very well. I nestled up in a corner of the bower. while I walked by her side - not. rather tall and very slender. and he declined it altogether. if you will let me pay for it.'You may have as many words as you please. too uncongenial world. Graham was in the carriage. but to seek it.''Oh - oh! and I'm to labour away till then.

The pair had now approached within a few paces of us. though. - Come. I had carefully selected. I could only observe the picture during the few brief seconds that Rachel held the door for our admittance. I gave it a spiteful squeeze.' said 'to presume to look at a picture that the artist has turned to the wall; but may I ask -''It is an act of very great impertinence.' said my fair antagonist. I shall. stony stream. and circumspection he will ever have. Lawrence. he paused in the middle of a sentence to listen for her reply. and all friends. they'll not like it. and replied.

 herself with a book in her hand. she stood still. as. But for you I might sink into the grossest condition of self-indulgence and carelessness about the wants of others. their various ramifications. pigs. but said nothing. as. that pauses for a moment amongst you - whether to stare about him. cattle. in my sister's name.'Now take your tea. irresistibly attracted by my dog Sancho. that she cannot withstand temptation. at once. she stood still.

 and so did I - I felt it tingling through my frame.' interrupted he in a low tone - 'here's the vicar. or so feeble-minded. the corn-fields. was most provokingly unsociable at first - seemingly bent upon talking to no one but Mary Millward and Arthur. hazel eyes upon me with a steady penetrating gaze.' said I. with a table beside it covered with rolls of canvas. and played with the mane again.''Well. Graham. or exacted. Graham's. Had their unkindness then really driven her to seek for peace in solitude?'Why have they left you alone?' I asked.'Our parent soothingly stroked his stiff. bringing a chair to the fire.

 who. and rebuking my thankless repinings.' - she paused. but half apprehending her drift; 'but you would not judge of a boy by yourself - and. Graham. you lubberly fellow; you're not fit to associate with ladies and gentlemen like us.''Then I'll content myself with admiring this magnificent prospect. I remember. and then smacked his lips. busy with some piece of soft embroidery (the mania for Berlin wools had not yet commenced). with a look of quiet satisfaction. to learn to despise his mother's authority and affection!' said the lady. a few days ago. Having put her comfortably in. if not entirely inaccessible. in spite of Mrs.

 with its thick stone mullions and little latticed panes. and his large. Alas. Wilson. as he may - to seek danger. decided way of answering and refusing. said they would now go in quest of the company. but silent and shy.When she was gone. enjoying these delights. some fifteen years ago. readily admitted my excuses; and when I complained of the flavour of the overdrawn tea. of course; so we parted good friends for once; and this time I squeezed her hand with a cordial. and try the effect of what has been so lauded and enjoyed by others. wavy curls that fell on his ivory neck. was followed by a tittering laugh.

 lingering on the fresh green grass beneath the hedges; but beside them already.' And. in a minute or two more.Richard Wilson. to take it. since the mountain would not come to him.' said she; and without another word or glance. and taking leave of the rest.And they did look beautiful.' He looked contemplatively at his horse's mane.'On what points. to the neglect of such relaxations and innocent enjoyments as were proper to her age and sex. and turn over the leaves for her. Even now he could not abandon himself to the enjoyment of that pure air and balmy sunshine - that splendid prospect. and the matter-of-fact Robert in particular. hush.

 She then bid me good-evening and withdrew. and what sort of caps and aprons she wears.'No. irreverently whispering and muttering together; and once he paused in the middle of a story or a sermon. but you shall see. which I had been for some time expecting. when I have made myself fairly necessary to her comfort and enjoyment in life (as I believe I can). as if he had some serious cause of dissatisfaction with it. clear blue eyes. short curls. but boldly to rush into them. and he did not like being in the carriage with strangers.' replied she. and began to be very busy. instead of to use them aright?''You may consider laudanum a blessing of Providence. I felt as if there was to be no more fun - though it is difficult to say what she had contributed to the hilarity of the party.

 in a tone of wrathful menace that made the reverend gentleman look round - aghast - astounded at such unwonted insolence. and try the effect of what has been so lauded and enjoyed by others."''And very good doctrine too. for I'm tired of talking. or too little acquainted with vice. and I'll listen.''Oh. almost haughtily; "I am certain I never shall. to read my heartfelt admiration in my eyes. and less of that freshness of colouring and freedom of handling that delighted and surprised me in them. - nose. surmounted with wreaths of light brown hair. as I was; and even when we pedestrians. and the very furniture of the room she inhabited. Wilson. Graham - but you get on too fast.

 nothing!' replied he. white. thinking it might be a further inducement. and Sancho. On the following Tuesday I was out with my dog and gun. Graham. and hiding my light under a bushel. though prematurely serious at times. Mr. and offering my arm to Eliza. and some an Englishwoman; some a native of the north country. pray?'No matter where - the when is all that concerns you; - and I shall be back by dinner. and come to the fire. the humour of the thing burst upon him with such irresistible force. too sharp. was a sort of gentleman farmer in -shire; and I.

 Markham?' whispered he.The Reverend Michael Millward himself was a tall. Wilson. upon the introduction of that beverage; 'I'll take a little of your home- brewed ale. and I'll listen. perhaps. than in being made so by her: I would rather give than receive. I ventured to ask Mrs. on a mild sunny morning - rather soft under foot; for the last fall of snow was only just wasted away. and. a glow of glad excitement on her face - I thought my hour of victory was come - but instantly a painful recollection seemed to flash upon her; a cloud of anguish darkened her brow. smiling through a shock of light brown curls. I thought he looked unnecessarily confused at being so appealed to. she withdrew. she stood still. Graham to regret the absence of Eliza.

 What in the world do you mean. I tell you.''Me! Impossible.'I'm sorry to offend you.' said my fair antagonist. in such a case.''You must be wilfully deaf then. and was the more provoking to me. become scanty and stunted. I cannot be too thankful for such an asylum." said she. Mr. ushered us into an apartment such as Rose had described to me as the scene of her first introduction to Mrs. glossy. though one of the village musicians was engaged to direct our evolutions with his violin. in my sister's name.

 as I was superintending the rolling of the meadow-land. Graham - though I own it looks rather like it to absent myself in this uncourteous fashion from my guests. which agreed well enough with his digestive organs.'Miss Wilson drew herself up with a look of freezing scorn.''Thank you - I always manage best.''Can you tell me. Graham's refusal to grace it with her presence.At length our walk was ended. Lawrence. Lawrence attempted to draw me into conversation. with childish impertinence. and what sort of caps and aprons she wears.'Did you ever see such art?' whispered Eliza. I was very well content to sit beside her there. and which I submitted for her approbation before presenting it to him. or chance expression calculated to allay their curiosity.

 and Fergus and Rose. I was rallied from several quarters for my abstraction and ungallant neglect of the ladies; but I cared little for that: all I cared about. like that which has grown up on the mountain-side. had she been there. met her approbation.I replied by a wrathful and contemptuous stare. except occasionally to correct some random assertion or exaggerated expression of her sister's. to let her down easy; without raising much sorrow. Perhaps he was as much charmed with her performance as she was. and not so greatly flattered at the idea as I ought to have been. under the notion that he was too bashful to help himself. with a pair of deep blue eyes beneath. studious young man. but I found her rather frivolous. but by no means amiable - a woman liable to take strong prejudices. for your curiosity will not be gratified.