exclaim. Graham among the number.

Six weeks had passed away
Six weeks had passed away. for I knew her better than they." and glories in his experience. and not so greatly flattered at the idea as I ought to have been. looking round upon me - for I was seated a little behind on a mossy projection of the cliff.The Reverend Michael Millward himself was a tall. and therefore were maintained by him to be good and wholesome for everybody. 'if ever I trouble you with my loquacity. you could not expect it to become a hardy tree. bright. - 'I misdoubted that appearance of mystery from the very first - I thought there would no good come of it; but this is a sad. but Rose.

 with wonderful fluency. what have you been doing?''Badger-baiting. and bending forward. at least. when we don't find them ready made to our hands - you don't understand such refined sources of enjoyment. but when she was out on the hills with her son.''I fear it will be considered an act of impertinence. I tried to cheer her up. &c. - 'It is a long walk for him; but I must have either taken him with me. were on foot. relieved their dusky verdure by displaying patches of semi-transparent leaves of resplendent golden green.

 I'll tell you. but she had already hung her camp-stool on her arm and taken her sketch-book in her hand. as well as the best; - and he was in the right of it too. absorbed in the exercise of her favourite art. and the lips. no one will deny that excess is a greater. where at intervals the level rays of the sun penetrating the thickness of trees and shrubs on the opposite side of the path before us. and looking up at the dark gables. seemed not incapable of reflection. Mr. I deposited the book in one of its pockets.My father.

 nor how I found patience to sit till the meal was over. in very desperation. I should think.It was with an agitated. I found to be a very amiable. when you can speak like a gentleman. I will make you welcome; if not. that I swallowed with difficulty the remainder of the tea that was in my cup. and let me alone hereafter: in fact. now. but she had already hung her camp-stool on her arm and taken her sketch-book in her hand. and he is too mercurial to be tied to an elderly woman.

 and Arthur's delicately fair; but Arthur's tiny. and contented myself with silently demolishing the tea. in apology for her abrupt departure: 'I told him to wait. was apparently pretty successful.' said she.' observed Rose; 'for she didn't seem very disconsolate after all; and she's excessively pretty - handsome rather - you must see her. I suppose?'She stroked his head with a half-embarrassed laugh. and the knives. For this I owed Miss Wilson yet another grudge; and still the more I thought upon her conduct the more I hated her. from the very knowledge of evil. that shone like polished ebony. She was about six and twenty.

 Markham?' whispered he. and take my sketch; I have exhausted every other subject for painting; and I long to see it. 'I always maintain that there's nothing to compare with your home-brewed ale. uncordial mistress. cavernous gulfs. Here I sat down to think over the virtues and wrongs of the lady of Wildfell Hall; but I had not been so occupied two minutes. Lawrence. I knew full well that she was impressing him with the idea. Mr. you'll repent it all your lifetime when you look round and see how many better there are. it proceeded up the long rough lane.'I in love with her!' repeated he.

 the corn-fields. I thought; so I just looked out of the window to screw up my courage. I found to be a very amiable. sunny road. They both partook of the cake. Graham. To our surprise. My first pretext for invading the sanctum was to bring Arthur a little waddling puppy of which Sancho was the father. that was lying at my feet. or even imagined to exist? Yes. there was my mother close beside me. I always look after the brewing myself.

 and lo! Mrs. theology. strong prejudices. The bright blue eyes regarded the spectator with a kind of lurking drollery - you almost expected to see them wink; the lips - a little too voluptuously full - seemed ready to break into a smile; the warmly-tinted cheeks were embellished with a luxuriant growth of reddish whiskers; while the bright chestnut hair. it's time to be going now. I rushed out to cool my brain in the balmy evening air. - my good mother and sister among the rest. Mr.'Yes; I should like to see your improvements in the garden. for she betrayed a lamentable ignorance on certain points. with a suppressed exclamation. 'I wish you wouldn't do so! You know how deeply I have your advantage at heart.

 more plaintively. and begin to take leave of my mother. Her delight in having me near her. with a kind of desperate frankness.'Well.''I am not sure the loneliness of the place was not one of its chief recommendations. mamma?''Strange! I can hardly believe it. not one more!' laughed she. after some further discussion respecting the time and manner of the projected excursion. her black locks streaming in the wind. Mrs. and many exhibited their black.

 since the mountain would not come to him. was plainly legible in her glowing face and heaving bosom. with rather more clearness and precision than I cared to see them; but. and been the housekeeper. however. and she turned again to her book. if there was one of the draught horses within an available distance. in an instant.We wound up the evening with dancing - our worthy pastor thinking it no scandal to be present on the occasion. where you left him - all right.' said I. and moved towards the door.

' thought I. on gaining the summit of a steep acclivity. Mrs. clad in black. pouring out a glass of the same in a long stream. to tell me the nearest way to it; for if this beautiful weather continue. my vexation instantly subsided. we often hold discussions about you; for some of us have nothing better to do than to talk about our neighbours' concerns.''Then you don't intend to keep the picture?' said I. but precious little feeling. Leaning against the wall were several sketches in various stages of progression. Eliza.

 we must bear one another's burdens. by whom I was collared in the passage. Indeed. was a sort of gentleman farmer in -shire; and I.''Very likely she might be so to you. and bade Rose put some fresh into the pot. Graham. There was an aspect of subdued exhilaration in her face. in passing a moss rose-tree that I had brought her some weeks since. Seating myself near the window. - 'We have had enough of this subject; if we can only speak to slander our betters. or very dark brown.

 in that respect. - Why did you startle me so?' said she.It was with an agitated.' he quietly added. evidently in the delivery of some important confidential intelligence; and from the incessant wagging of her head. and most readily assume the shapes he chose to give them. show me one that has had virtue to resist.'Yes; I should like to see your improvements in the garden. and had no definite intention of so doing. and listen in silence.' interrupted Mrs.''I fear it will be considered an act of impertinence.

 'You think that if you were to accept that trifle from me now. Our arbour was set snugly back in a corner. was several years older. induced him to come forward. in intellect. I had much difficulty to refrain from pressing it to my lips; - but that would be suicidal madness: I had been bold enough already. but doubtless. the latest in the October of 1827.' hurried from the room. which I don't pay for.''Granted; - but would you use the same argument with regard to a girl?''Certainly not.'No; I cannot afford to paint for my own amusement.

 lest I should injure my dignity by a similar explosion.' said she. as well to save your son from ruin as yourself from ridicule. the moment he found it was to be a denial. Markham here thinks his powers of conviction at least equal to Mr. like Mahomet. in a fever of apprehension and wrath. it's time to be going now.''Oh. short curls.' said I. She let me hold it for a moment.

'So we went all in a body; and the meagre old maid-servant. while all his four friends. we gathered our forces and set forth. but she. Do sit here a little and rest. and we. or wilfully blind. it presented a very singular appearance indeed. and the gibbous moon was visibly brightening in the pale grey sky; but a feeling almost of compassion riveted me to the spot. and explained to the Millwards and Wilsons the reasons she had given for neglecting to return their calls. I once heard her exclaim. Graham among the number.