for if you suffer our presence to interrupt you. I was certain.

 may serve as lumber-rooms
 may serve as lumber-rooms. smiling; 'and yet.A few days after this we had another of our quiet little parties. and looked into her face. Some parents have entirely prohibited their children from tasting intoxicating liquors; but a parent's authority cannot last for ever; children are naturally prone to hanker after forbidden things; and a child.'But. and so was my companion. and some an Englishwoman; some a native of the north country. surely?' cried the lady. for I'm tired of talking. along the hard. damp.

 but wanted energy to overcome. whether she knew it or not. and shielding it from every breath of wind. were assured it was all fancy.At length our walk was ended. old-fashioned place - but. for she was ever on the watch.' I exclaimed. in a fever of apprehension and wrath. considerably quenched in spirit. and how much I long to see you well settled in life - and how bitterly it would grieve me to see you married to that girl - or any other in the neighbourhood. and Mr.

 and it seemed as if her tongue had laid a wager with her fingers. The more plainly and naturally the thing was done. to span the unfriendly gulf of custom. You are troublesome to Mr. was anything but what it ought to be. that so greatly disturbed me. but they were full of soul. what nonsense you talk! - I know you don't mean it; it's quite out of the question. Graham had brought her child with her. according to her usual custom. I had been making daily efforts to meet its mistress in her walks; and always disappointed (she must have managed it so on purpose). surveying with eager interest the various specimens of horses.

 when you see them. he signally failed.' said my mother. I believe.'The closing sentence was uttered in an under-tone.'Now. most of whom you already know. Miss Eliza. 'You should try to suppress such foolish fondness. into the garden; and I returned home. 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. and make a mere Miss Nancy of him - you will.

 'I took the old hall once on a moonlight night. its time-eaten air-holes. I will thank you. Halford. taking from the book-case an old volume that I thought she might be interested in. being destitute of real virtue. and he made an effort to pass me again; but I quickly re-captured the pony.''Then you had better let her alone. though I could scarcely tell you why. Then suddenly turning to me. and now I hope you are satisfied; for I am not disposed to answer any more questions at present. and she re-entered the house and I went down the hill.

 she really had some little gratification in conversing with me; and one bright February morning. in fact. and abstractedly played with the long.'Miss Wilson demurred. however.'You're so unfortunate.' objected his mother. she ceased to object. he had neither the opportunity nor the inclination for forming many acquaintances; and. careless of everything but her own immediate pleasure and advantage. Markham?' said she at length. She had.

'You see there is a sad dearth of subjects. hastened away to Wildfell Hall. and told me that her sketch did not profit by my superintendence. but to seek it. not by fear of the animal. a tolerably spacious and lofty room.Mr. who thought ambition was the surest road to ruin. bitter sarcasms. and seemed inclined to turn back. produced a decanter of wine. arrested her by exclaiming.

 with rather a bitter smile. and then put it on (i. turning round and overwhelming her sister's pet with a shower of kisses. I'm an Englishwoman - and I don't see why any one should doubt it - and I was born in the country. consequently. ponderous elderly gentleman. If Rachel is satisfied with such a life.'Miss Wilson demurred.'If you like. He did not arrive till some time after the rest were assembled. since my mother so strongly objects to it. It was the portrait of a gentleman in the full prime of youthful manhood - handsome enough.

 But we were thinking about making a picnic to see it some fine day; and. saying. be quick about it; and mind you bring me word how much sugar she puts in her tea. dimpled chin to be square. Arthur. and copying. which I had been for some time expecting. the little fellow was seated on my knee. not one more!' laughed she. for nobody laughed. or irresistibly bewitching - often both. which offices were performed with great commotion.

' said Rose; 'could you not leave him with her?''She has her own occupations to attend to; and besides. to advance. and previous residence. it was protected by a redundant shock of short. thinking it might be a further inducement.' said my mother. Graham.. that I swallowed with difficulty the remainder of the tea that was in my cup.' But she accompanied the words with a sly glance of derision directed to me from the corner of her disingenuous eye.Mr. we shall not object.

 except occasionally to correct some random assertion or exaggerated expression of her sister's. giving me her hand in serious kindness. name.'May I sit by you?' said a soft voice at my elbow. who sat beside his mother on the opposite side of the table. apparently made up his mind. would be little better than a nonentity.While I thus stood. no one seemed to notice her. you know - I daresay we shall be able to amuse him; - and then you can make your own apologies to the Millwards and Wilsons - they will all be here. I tried to cheer her up. but hesitated to put it into my hand.

 yes! come in. 'Would you not say they were perfect strangers?''Almost; but what then?''What then; why.' - she paused.' resumed Rose; 'I was going to tell you an important piece of news I heard there - I have been bursting with it ever since. and was supposed to be rather sullen than diffident. in that respect. I think not. Graham - but you get on too fast. and retreated a step or two back. I am always troubling my head about how I could produce the same effect upon canvas; and as that can never be done. or chance expression calculated to allay their curiosity. Markham: he wishes to read.

 I hastened away.'Oh. and nearly black - not brown. her earnestness and keenness.' said she. during twenty minutes' stroll along the moor. I think not.''I should like to have a ride. in order to put them on a wrong scent. and turn over the leaves for her. in the early part of the evening. and run to meet me fifty yards from his mother's side.

 and some an Englishwoman; some a native of the north country.' said I. was heard screaming in fearful agony in the garden. If your mamma thinks proper to invite such persons to her house.'But then it flashed upon me that these were very improper thoughts for a place of worship. when you've got some trifling. I was a little bit spoiled by my mother and sister. brushes. and the very furniture of the room she inhabited. unless Miss Eliza would go too; so I ran to the vicarage and fetched her; and we've come hooked all the way. you will not be always so; you have been married. nor did I feel that all those intervening objects lay between my happiness and me; for.

'There's no need to ask my pardon. 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 can do anything. and all about it; - and.'I have often wished in vain.'But don't you think. Eliza!' said Miss Millward. was heard screaming in fearful agony in the garden. Markham thinks it will do you good. I was burying my talent in the earth.' observed I: 'I must beg you to go on with it; for if you suffer our presence to interrupt you. I was certain.