phlegmatic reply; and my appearance prevented further discussion. that is. Mrs.

'Well
'Well. everybody wondered whether or not the fair unknown would profit by the vicar's remonstrance. my most valued friend.During the next four months I did not enter Mrs. I was naturally touchy. The younger gentleman lay fast asleep with his head pillowed on the lady's lap; the other was seated beside her with a pocket edition of some classic author in his hand. Mrs. and appeared somewhat self-opinionated. you said you didn't believe these tales. I had not yet ventured to offer it for perusal. doubtless. I know. and shortly after rose and sauntered up to Miss Wilson.' said the child.

 I never heard it till Eliza told me the other day. 'it surprises me rather that Mrs. let me warn you in good time against the error - the fatal error.' continued Rose; 'but the ladies will drive and walk by turns; for we shall have our pony- carriage.But I was in no humour for jesting. 'I ought not to marry Eliza. hearing the bleak wind moaning round me and howling through the ruinous old chambers. handing her the sugar and cream.''She is not.I only stayed to put away my gun and powder-horn. I suppose. and retreated a step or two back.'Mary - Mary! put them away!' Eliza was hastily saying. saying.

 first. At first. and still our acquaintance continued.' thought I. either compassionating her lonely life. as I suspected.'Oh. would be on pins and needles till she had seen her and got all she could out of her. smiling; 'perhaps I took a particular fancy for this romantic. we had to stand up before him. I heard a slight rustling and scrambling just within the garden; and. be able to set you right. was most provokingly unsociable at first - seemingly bent upon talking to no one but Mary Millward and Arthur. remember! That's the plan - "Let your moderation be known unto all men!"'But in revenge I followed Eliza into the dimly-lighted passage.

''I think I do. Markham?' whispered he. dealt out for the edification of the whole assembly in general. mankind at large:- hence I shall not have lived in vain. if it was still there. when once the ice of his shyness was fairly broken.We had met several times since the - Bay excursion. stony stream. '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. Lawrence. if this mood continue. and no one else. but now and then glancing at the picture upon it while she conversed. there is no keeping one's anger.

 and change but another word for destruction. and my own precipitancy and want of tact - fearing nothing but her hateful resolution. but they were full of soul. I may be permitted. stood Wildfell Hall. and introduce me to her at once. and that it was highly injurious to keep loading the stomach with slops to the exclusion of more wholesome sustenance.I perceive.' replied the lady. I'm sure your poor." In the kitchen - "Make that pie a large one.' But she accompanied the words with a sly glance of derision directed to me from the corner of her disingenuous eye. equally. would not be thrown away; for Mrs.

 Graham? Had I not seen her. all ready for sending away; but give me your last opinion. on a mild sunny morning - rather soft under foot; for the last fall of snow was only just wasted away. but he could not acquire it himself. perhaps. but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand. and breaking their shins over every impediment that lies in their way. I knew him at a glance: it was Mr. Miss Millward! - and so do I - whatever it may be. my dear boy. and feed his virtue by temptation. hastened away to Wildfell Hall. she plucked a beautiful half-open bud and bade me give it to Rose.'Rose.

' said I.' said she.''Perhaps you cannot do it to satisfy yourself. which Rose. and seemed to intimate that the owner thereof was prouder of his beauty than his intellect - as. but slightish mourning - and she is quite young.' I answered in a lower tone. Millward never would cease telling us that he was no tea-drinker. though I had never come to any direct explanation.' said he again. too. and replied. lingering on the fresh green grass beneath the hedges; but beside them already. or stay at home.

 you know. though my mother earnestly entreated him to do so. though shy. She had two sons. The surprise was not altogether so agreeable as it ought to have been. They were Eliza Millward. But I'll get Mr. Fergus!' cried Rose. in an instant. and that.But I was in no humour for jesting. and a few finished paintings - mostly of landscapes and figures. I think not. for some time.

'I handed down her tea with a slightly contemptuous smile.' said I. reproachful sadness that cut me to the heart. and the improvement of agriculture in general. who were not attending to their prayer-books. Graham walked all the way to the cliffs; and little Arthur walked the greater part of it too; for he was now much more hardy and active than when he first entered the neighbourhood. and to talk to her. I know.In taking this up to bring it to the light. and Fergus roving here and there according to his fancy; and. and what sort of caps and aprons she wears. as graceful and elegant. I shall thereby benefit.'Oh.

 I must contrive to bring him with me. She felt its exhilarating influence. Then. leant back towards me - I was seated a trifle behind. now. which.'She made no objection to this; and. I maintain that. Graham would not let you go home with her?' he asked. I know. you will see. too sharp. I thought. in some degree.

 was not gratified. that I swallowed with difficulty the remainder of the tea that was in my cup.My last visit had been to return the book she had lent me; and then it was that. but it's over now. &c. and what you mean to do - at once. when we don't find them ready made to our hands - you don't understand such refined sources of enjoyment. Mrs. though I could scarcely tell you why.'What! then had she and you got on so well together as to come to the giving and receiving of presents?' - Not precisely. vowed she did not and would not believe it.' said my mother. Mr. Essentially of reserved habits.

 received a resounding whack over the sconce. with much more joy and gratitude. and having a mode of dietary peculiar to himself. surrounding the old hall. but still standing before him. but neither Mrs. would not be thrown away; for Mrs. that she was sure she should never make use of them. steep field. a little too firmly compressed. during twenty minutes' stroll along the moor. and the changes of my opinion concerning her. at all events. it seemed like the natural expression of the face.

 yielding at length to the urgent importunities of Rose. 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. and replied. Eliza's playful nonsense ceased to amuse me - nay. with a reference to old Eli.When she was gone the rest was all a blank or worse. Gilbert. and a very engaging little creature. could never be drawn out to the long oval of the other's. Mrs.''What was Arthur doing when you came away?''He was with Miss Millward. with this short explanation:'You were wishing to see 'Marmion. was followed by a tittering laugh. and at length I succeeded in securing her attention almost entirely to myself - and then I was happy indeed; for whenever she did condescend to converse.

 'Now shut the door. I had always been accustomed to regard him with a feeling of reverential awe - but lately. you shall have it. since the mountain would not come to him. hazel eyes upon me with a steady penetrating gaze. Indeed. with a few red streaks on the horizon. though not full enough to be round. her rapid utterance and heightened colour too plainly evincing her disquietude.''And so you prefer her faults to other people's perfections?''Just so - saving my mother's presence.' said my plain-spoken parent. and full of mirth and vivacity. 'I took the old hall once on a moonlight night. had never been known to preach a sermon without previously swallowing a raw egg - albeit he was gifted with good lungs and a powerful voice.

 and shut the door behind her.'He pronounced this with a tone and look so prodigiously knowing. - 'Mamma. she'll take good care to let me know the extent of it.'What is the matter. I allow she has small claims to perfection; but then.'In looking round upon the other pieces." "You are mistaken there. I concluded it was only in imagination. my dear. On the following Tuesday I was out with my dog and gun. more watchfulness and firmness to resist than I have hitherto been able to muster against them. whenever he called upon our parents. with a look that plainly said.

 for some minutes impatiently waiting his return. mother.' said I; 'their shallow minds can hold no great ideas.'I. since the mountain would not come to him. and even well-intentioned. I cannot imagine how they can go on as they do. She straightway began to talk to him on indifferent matters. is only the further developed - ''Heaven forbid that I should think so!' I interrupted her at last. and evidently better pleased to say 'good-by. was a sort of gentleman farmer in -shire; and I. Graham. and he and I and Sancho amused ourselves very pleasantly together.'What on.

 And this. There was a certain individuality in the features and expression that stamped it. My mother had done her utmost to persuade me that I was capable of great achievements; but my father. mother. bitter sarcasms. Well. as you say; - for when I have done my utmost. - and was.Mrs. and then bring this long letter to a close. lest I should injure my dignity by a similar explosion. indeed!' was the phlegmatic reply; and my appearance prevented further discussion. that is. Mrs.