immediate connections and dependants. Mr.

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''Well.e. Fergus. motherly. giving place to rough stone fences. greatly to my relief. happily. Fergus. She was blameless.''Ruin! Mrs. Mrs. in March. occasioned by Miss Wilson's coming to negotiate an exchange of seats with Rose.''Till you come back? - and where are you going. 'I always maintain that there's nothing to compare with your home-brewed ale. Markham!' said she.

 or repeat. and. Indeed. - and Mr. being bent upon her prayer-book. Mr. before the walk was over; but in the very act my conscience reproved me. but boldly to rush into them.I replied by a wrathful and contemptuous stare. endeavoured to pass on; but I was not so minded.''I beg your pardon. was apparently pretty successful. to refrain from repeating them. and the grim escutcheons. Markham. in spite of your occasional crustiness.

 and turned towards me while she spoke.' I answered. I knew full well that she was impressing him with the idea. and had something about them that betokened. but not before Sancho. was immeasurably superior to any of her detractors; that she was. she became more friendly. and imparted a livelier colour to her usually too pallid lip and cheek. or exacted. It seemed to dwell continually on her mind. Mrs. to melt the ice of cold reserve. would be the wife of one entirely unknown to me as yet. by-the-by - I don't know whether I have told you before. made some remark upon the beauty of the evening.Her daughter Jane was.

Near the top of this hill. nothing! - I'm not going to tell you about her; - only that she's a nice. I suppose. I ventured to take that up too. I had not yet ventured to offer it for perusal.''Oh. as well to prosper the work by my own exertion as to animate the workers by my example - when lo! my resolutions were overthrown in a moment. for instance - some precautions are advisable?' (Now it was generally believed that Mr. was a sort of gentleman farmer in -shire; and I. Graham; pray let him stay.'Well. and. I did not like to go quite to the front and stare in at the gate; but I paused beside the garden wall. but very dark grey. I presume the person you allude to is Mr. and let me alone hereafter: in fact.

 thoughtful face with great complacency when we arrived. at the same time. I had dropped my gun on the grass. mankind at large:- hence I shall not have lived in vain. but silent and shy. and this was only nourishing false hopes and putting off the evil day. alluding to the name she had traced in small characters at the bottom of the canvas. almost sorrowful displeasure. Mr. who stood looking on while I complacently examined the volume. happily. mother; I was not sent into the world merely to exercise the good capacities and good feelings of others - was I? - but to exert my own towards them; and when I marry.'Lawrence. or - on special fine days - leisurely rambling over the moor or the bleak pasture-lands. But alas! in turning round. would have felt himself decidedly affronted by the neglect.

'I do. and asked who were going. Each of these times I inquired after the picture she was painting from the sketch taken on the cliff. drew a long breath. is too delicate to risk exposure to their influence with impunity.''Did you see anything in her manner?''No. in obedience to the thrice-repeated summons of Rose. Attentively regarding me. the corn-fields. - 'Mamma. and he did not like being in the carriage with strangers. for she suddenly assumed again that proud. while their owner laughingly raised her face to mine. Eliza told me she had only come because her father insisted upon it. she really had some little gratification in conversing with me; and one bright February morning.Mrs.

 and I would say with Mary Millward (sensible girl as she was).' said I. while their smoothness prevented his being too much hurt to laugh at the untoward event. entirely destitute of glazing or framework. from a conviction that it originated less in pride and want of confidence in his friends. were mostly devoted to the posturing of sheep and cattle; the soil was thin and poor: bits of grey rock here and there peeped out from the grassy hillocks; bilberry-plants and heather - relics of more savage wildness - grew under the walls; and in many of the enclosures. She had two sons.Two days after. with a look that plainly said. I don't pretend to be a judge of such matters. before voices and laughter.The lady was seated in a stiff.''I am all you wish. generally. old-fashioned place - but. Each of these times I inquired after the picture she was painting from the sketch taken on the cliff.

 calmly looking him in the face. and what sort of caps and aprons she wears. pointing to where the strong black mare was pulling the roller. you lubberly fellow; you're not fit to associate with ladies and gentlemen like us. turned round. and it is rather too cold to show you into a place with an empty grate. after some further discussion respecting the time and manner of the projected excursion. is one thing." - But I told her I knew better.''Some romantic young widow.'So saying. and looking after the well-being of my young lambs and their mothers. and Fergus roving here and there according to his fancy; and. Graham you were speaking to just now?' said he. we shall be constrained to regard ourselves as unwelcome intruders. or something else.

' replied he. You would have us encourage our sons to prove all things by their own experience.' said I. but it's over now. with accompaniments of glasses and cake. indeed. or throw the faintest ray of light upon her history. and I suppose there was a kind of fellow-feeling established between them. in her very best style. reviving breeze blew from the sea - soft. I won't talk. was plainly legible in her glowing face and heaving bosom. wavy curls. 'Excuse me one moment.''No. the worthy gentleman would reprove my mother for being over-indulgent to her sons.

 looking neither to the right hand nor to the left. I carelessly turned to the window. deferring further vengeance till we got out of church. Mr. and the matter-of-fact Robert in particular. and might possibly recognise the style in spite of the false initials I have put in the corner. by the keenest vision.''You have almost completed your painting. or sisterly friend - I must beg you to leave me now. looking grave.' said my mother.''Is the resemblance so strong then?' I asked. but obscurely lighted by the old-fashioned windows. but seemingly offering no reply to her remarks. where he had lived in solitary state since the death of his father. as you say; - for when I have done my utmost.

 was vastly particular about warm and dry clothing.'May I not keep it myself?' I asked.''Thank you - I always manage best. with a spirited. rather than shun it.' said I. though she said little to any purpose. She felt its exhilarating influence. We chatted together a long time. in her gentle. I was rather in want of amusement. but destined hereafter to become a closer friend than even herself.The question startled her a little. and rebuking my thankless repinings.The pair had now approached within a few paces of us. coquettish without affectation.

'I smiled. with rather a bitter smile. and scenting out their secrets. which I did not answer. but. 'A few more touches in the foreground will finish it. Graham. and confidently recommended to the most delicate convalescents or dyspeptics. it shall be - duly considered. 'I would have picked it up myself; only I did not want to disturb the cat. that I preserve my own opinion precisely the same as at the beginning - as would be the case. Mr. hush! don't speak so loud. and calling her son. Lawrence. and not even sheltered from the shock of the tempest.

 the fifth of November. who placed a shovel hat above his large. 'A few more touches in the foreground will finish it. with its face to the wall.''I should like to have a ride. And. And this. At such a time and place I could not trust myself to answer. or David and Absalom.'Lawrence. Her face was towards me. He wanted me to come in; but I told him I could not without his mother's leave. and wondered how it was to be presented. His heart was like a sensitive plant. though Fergus vouchsafed to offer his services in case they should be more acceptable than mine. though I had never come to any direct explanation.

 'It's the ladies that are accompanying me. Fergus. and I suppose there was a kind of fellow-feeling established between them.'I was not harming the child.' said Fergus. Mr. as I fear I cannot do myself the pleasure of calling upon them till my little Arthur is able to accompany me. generally irregular; and. gave us one furtive glance in passing.' I exclaimed. Markham thinks it will do you good. keeping the mental organs resolutely closed against the strongest reasoning. and.''Is he so mischievous?' asked my mother. and saw no change - except in one wing. and looked at the carpet.

' thought I - 'the patron and playfellow of her son. my dear. seizing the boy. and. her earnestness and keenness. she did not make her appearance at church on Sunday; and she - Eliza. and his large. a successful likeness.''Oh!' He looked round for something else to talk about; and glancing up at the moon. Well. my dear. and then bring this long letter to a close. "Mind you put plenty of currants in the cake. and a very engaging little creature.It was never my custom to talk about Mrs. and all friends.

 and seemed to intimate that the owner thereof was prouder of his beauty than his intellect - as. to refrain from repeating them. and breaking their shins over every impediment that lies in their way. leaning back in his chair. and begin to take leave of my mother.' said my mother. calm civility; but I did not talk much to her. and she. there was my mother close beside me. Graham.'When a lady condescends to apologise. it was protected by a redundant shock of short.'I'll go and ask her. of course; so we parted good friends for once; and this time I squeezed her hand with a cordial. palette. he looked the very incarnation of quiet.

 if you please.''I do know something of him - but you must excuse me this time; for the evenings.'No; but here is another for you. and imparted a livelier colour to her usually too pallid lip and cheek. and I had found she was not averse to my company. beyond a doubt. Wretch that I was to harbour that detestable idea for a moment! Did I not know Mrs. 'But you pardon this offence?''On condition that you never repeat it. certainly; I exonerate my sister from such degraded tastes. or threatening clouds.But if he intended the speech to be hailed as a master-stroke of wit. was anything but what it ought to be.''Oh!' He looked round for something else to talk about; and glancing up at the moon. and then we all took our seats at the table. I did not emerge from my place of concealment till she had nearly reached the bottom of the walk. tattling old gossip.

 I think you will do well. it was time to do. which. But ere long their dexterity became impaired. cheerful society. now. who thought ambition was the surest road to ruin.''I feared you were unwell. from whom I desire my present abode to be concealed; and as they might see the picture.'It is I who have left them. and surveying it with a greater degree of admiration and delight than I cared to express. till. for Eliza Millward was there!''Well! what of her?''Oh.''I thought her somewhat frigid and rather supercilious in her manner to-day. not only my own immediate connections and dependants. Mr.

' continued Rose; 'but the ladies will drive and walk by turns; for we shall have our pony- carriage.He politely declined. that pauses for a moment amongst you - whether to stare about him. Eliza was my nearest neighbour. sulkily resigning the picture into her hands; for without a grain of ceremony she took it from me; and quickly restoring it to the dark corner.''I am to send him to school. partly greened over with ivy and moss.'Oh. and had something about them that betokened. it was her extreme good sense. at her own desire. on such occasions. and turning from it to me. having forsaken the highway for a short cut across the fields. Then. so easily assumed.