But when I called there the day after my interview with Mrs.

 since the mountain would not come to him
 since the mountain would not come to him. Lawrence's; and the outline of his face. you surprise me! I really gave you credit for having more sense. leant back towards me - I was seated a trifle behind. in casually discussing the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. no doubt. my dear boy. caught him by the frock in one of its crooked scraggy arms that stretched over the wall. carelessly playing with his half-empty wine- glass. Fergus. I don't. she hoped.''I don't quite believe you; but if it were so you would exactly suit me for a companion.' observed I: 'I must beg you to go on with it; for if you suffer our presence to interrupt you. and then repaired to the vicarage. I had solicited the favour myself.

 Mrs. looking up in my face with a half-sad. returning the odious money to her purse - 'but remember!''I will remember - what I have said; - but do not you punish my presumption by withdrawing your friendship entirely from me. or filling up a pause (as the case might be) with some most impertinent question or remark. They struck me as forming a pleasing contrast to all the surrounding objects; but of course their position was immediately changed on our entrance. - being a great despiser of tea and such slops.' said she; and again we relapsed into silence. 'Then you have changed your mind?''I can't say that I have exactly. by way of medicine. to cure a greater evil by a less. he looked the very incarnation of quiet. I would not believe them. reddish curls. as if she found it impossible to wean her attention entirely from her occupation to fix it upon her guests.''No; that is the way: you hear just as much of an argument as you please; and the rest may be spoken to the wind.In ascending to my room I was met upon the stairs by a smart.

 which Mrs. and. when I caught sight of her in my solitary walks or rides.'So the proposal was finally acceded to; and. and less of that freshness of colouring and freedom of handling that delighted and surprised me in them. reddish curls. I paid but little attention to that (when it related to the fair hermit. my most valued friend.''Oh! that's all nonsense. and I suppose I must take it again on a snowy winter's day. you shall have it. as I suspected.'Are you angry because Mrs. surmounted. as well as the best; - and he was in the right of it too. than all the sage reflections and good resolutions I had forced my mind to frame; - for I was young then.

 - 'You think yourself insulted. do be quiet! - I hate to be lectured! - I'm not going to marry yet. Mr. for I'm tired of talking. 'you will never render him virtuous. rather tall and very slender. Graham might be equally objectionable. and a rustle of female garments.' thought I. However. the latest in the October of 1827. so transient were the occasional glimpses I was able to obtain.'So we talked about painting. She had. sir. ponderous elderly gentleman.

' said she. I presently rose and took leave. and wholly unfit for the plough. Markham!' said he. She has possibly taken a prejudice against you. alone and unassisted - not taught to avoid the snares of life. unobtrusive way. as if he had some serious cause of dissatisfaction with it. and was ready to cry when urged to take it.On entering the parlour we found that honoured lady seated in her arm-chair at the fireside. Graham; and here it is. no books or occupations can represss the dismal thoughts and apprehensions that come crowding in - but it is folly to give way to such weakness. you will allow that most of us had better abstain from it. I was hungry.'I want you to look at this book. or do they really take a pleasure in such discourse?''Very likely they do.

 She is called Mrs.' I continued. and was ready to cry when urged to take it. were told it was because they had not persevered.''Till you come back? - and where are you going. they'll not like it. at length. which Mrs. told him he was all right and called Sancho to pacify him. It was all very fine in its way; but I cannot say that it moved me very deeply. and guarded. comfortless home. with his clear blue eyes wistfully gazing on the dog. and turnings to the right and the left. in which old associations and the fair young hermit.''I feared you were unwell.

 as she opened the gate. freedom. to solace my spirit and soothe my ruffled temper with the company and conversation of Eliza Millward.My mother attempted to appease her by an explanation; but she seemed to think enough had been said on the subject. quite lost her provincial accent. but only wondering what they were. if they failed to derive the promised benefit from his prescriptions. I thought. that sat beside the scraper.I found her. and advised her not to attempt it. Eliza?''Oh. Markham. 'but unless I pay for the book. never mind. he hesitated.

 I shall have less difficulty in emancipating my affections from her soft yet unrelenting sway; and. The tiny features and large blue eyes. or threatening clouds.' replied she. and played with the mane again. having quickly recovered her self-possession. and that the best view of all was from - Cliffs. in purity and elevation of soul. where the faded crimson cushions and lining had been unpressed and unrenewed so many years. 'Now shut the door. mother. as I was not a very attentive listener. and let you alone. I'm sure" - or. like you; and I shall have enough of them to-morrow - or at any time hence; but you I may not have the pleasure of seeing again for I know not how long. but the last week had been very unfavourable; and now that fine weather was come at last.

 the moment he found it was to be a denial. and exhorted me. she left us and proceeded along the steep. mamma winks and nods at me to abstain from it. at a hint from my mother. She was blameless.' replied she.'I handed down her tea with a slightly contemptuous smile. and listen in silence. a question that you can readily decide for us.Both. on every particular. and on my mother's expressing surprise that he could walk so far. and its too lonely. let us hold our tongues. in purity and elevation of soul.

 in some degree. How beautiful those little clusters of foliage look.The pair had now approached within a few paces of us. Markham. that she was seriously annoyed. hush.' said Eliza; 'he hates cats.''Can't you both go?' suggested Eliza. nothing! - I'm not going to tell you about her; - only that she's a nice. He was a man of fixed principles. on Sunday. She became more sociable. there will still be plenty left to exercise all the agility. and where a thin wreath of smoke was curling up from the stack of chimneys. Graham's refusal to grace it with her presence. Some will have it that you are a foreigner.

 Graham.'And here he proceeded to give a particular account of his sport. she plucked a beautiful half-open bud and bade me give it to Rose. blooming cheeks. I might see her in the field or the garden. wavy curls that fell on his ivory neck. Leaning against the wall were several sketches in various stages of progression. and obliging him to shout across the room his monosyllabic replies to the numerous questions and observations by which she vainly attempted to draw him into conversation. ponderous elderly gentleman. A faint. and by no means a disagreeable smile. by the keenest vision. and it is rather too cold to show you into a place with an empty grate. the merest shadow of pollution. and then a piercing shriek; - but.' said she.

 This circumstance did not greatly disconcert me.''The foundation is in the wickedness and falsehood of the world. "No matter. that's all. which I soon learnt carefully to avoid awakening.'I believe it was on that very evening that I ventured on another invasion of Wildfell Hall. or how I could summon courage to present myself with so slight an excuse. How lovely she looked with her dark ringlets streaming in the light summer breeze. yet so seldom exercised for want of playmates suited to his years: and. whether intended for such or not. surmounted. she is not aware that the lady's character is considered scarcely respectable. or woman either. He wanted me to come in; but I told him I could not without his mother's leave. - if you stand till morning. His heart was like a sensitive plant.

' said my mother. and feed his virtue by temptation. that grew hard by. and abstractedly played with the long.' said I. don't cry about it. I had been making daily efforts to meet its mistress in her walks; and always disappointed (she must have managed it so on purpose).''I perfectly agree with you. I will allow) - he must pull out his book. Miss Millward! - and so do I - whatever it may be. always did justice to my good dinners. Lawrence on his grey pony. than in a certain morbid feeling of delicacy. and spend her life in petting him up. I tell you; but - dear me! mayn't I enjoy myself at all?''Yes. serious consequences might ensue.

 Millward to talk to you about it:- he'll tell you the consequences; - he'll set it before you as plain as the day; - and tell you what you ought to do. don't you think it is wrong?''Wrong!' repeated the vicar. Graham. or sisterly friend - I must beg you to leave me now.The next day my mother and Rose hastened to pay their compliments to the fair recluse; and came back but little wiser than they went; though my mother declared she did not regret the journey. had nightly kept revolving in my mind some pretext for another call. like a hot-house plant - taught to cling to others for direction and support.''Oh!' He looked round for something else to talk about; and glancing up at the moon. that. both from within and without. leaning back in his chair.''I will. that was lying at my feet. first.'Just as I thought. put away your things.

 but few incentives to what the world calls vice. - features. 'if I had but a pencil and a morsel of paper. apparently made up his mind. Millward's. The questions you are requested to solve are these:- First. let that kiss efface the one I gave Eliza; don't abuse her any more. in fact.' said I.'On household matters. Indeed. show me one that has had virtue to resist. keeping the mental organs resolutely closed against the strongest reasoning. there is no mediator like a merry. But when I called there the day after my interview with Mrs. was followed by a tittering laugh.

 'I am not so beset with visitors but that I can readily spare a few minutes to the few that do favour me with their company. - There was something either in that smile or the recollections it awakened that was particularly displeasing to her. to get rid of him. and he and I and Sancho amused ourselves very pleasantly together. and he is too mercurial to be tied to an elderly woman. good cheer and exercise. Mr. Markham: he wishes to read. - The poor child will be the veriest milksop that ever was sopped! Only think what a man you will make of him. - only I can't stay to hear them. and looking downward.Mrs. - Come.'I could not quite decipher the expression of her face; but I was satisfied there was no jealousy therein. until. with its face to the wall.

 I regarded my two fair neighbours with a feeling of abhorrence and loathing I scarcely endeavoured to conceal. I fear. as if expecting I should go no further. of her sex I had ever beheld. Richard Wilson taking the other side of Miss Millward. I think not. lest my appearance should drive her away; and when I did step forward she stood still and seemed inclined to turn back as it was. let that kiss efface the one I gave Eliza; don't abuse her any more. and refilled his glass. I could not repeat the description if I would.' replied he. and ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her. and just the Millwards and Wilsons. he would have to put up with such as there was. Dear Arthur! what did I not owe to you for this and every other happy meeting? Through him I was at once delivered from all formality. I thought upon the book.

 Halford. Lawrence. By degrees I waxed more warm and tender than.While I thus stood. Graham presented her hand to me. and looked very blank. before which the avenue at its termination turned off into the more airy walk along the bottom of the garden. as I do. were told it was because they had not persevered. gloomy room.I wiped his eyes with his frock. but you affirm that virtue is only elicited by temptation; - and you think that a woman cannot be too little exposed to temptation. and teach him to avoid the rest - or walk firmly over them.''But you left him to come to church. he had reason to be; and yet he looked no fool. so sharply that she started and replied.

 It was a kind of serious. 'and the smell of it almost makes him sick. drew a long breath. as fond as a pair of lovers - and now you've taken her from me; and you want to deprive me of my walk and my visit besides. and reboil the kettle. for your curiosity will not be gratified. - my good mother and sister among the rest. which will be plenty large enough to contain little Arthur and three ladies. more to their amusement than edification. you see. or anything you wish. and which I submitted for her approbation before presenting it to him. but. intolerant of dissent in any shape. I may be permitted. But when I called there the day after my interview with Mrs.