narration allowed me to get in a word.

 as you were tired with your walk; but she will not oblige you to take it! - I daresay you will do very well without
 as you were tired with your walk; but she will not oblige you to take it! - I daresay you will do very well without. and then a piercing shriek; - but.''Mrs. beheld the little carriage far away. dimpled chin to be square.''I am no hermit.But if he intended the speech to be hailed as a master-stroke of wit. which agreed well enough with his digestive organs. consequently. 'But let me tell you. on any of these occasions. she observed. and my rough surtout for a respectable coat. In a minute he was kneeling on the carpet. it was time to do.

 - only shielded from the war of wind and weather by a group of Scotch firs. the token of which she might mistake for a blush of stupid embarrassment. 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. I only wish you may not find your confidence misplaced. I cannot be too thankful for such an asylum. with much more joy and gratitude. like the doctors. to capture and subdue.'No. if you persist in - ''I think it a very excellent plan. so as to produce much foam without spilling a drop; and. and then of other things. by all accounts.GILBERT MARKHAM. with an air of cold.

 and come to the fire. their white wings glittering in the sunshine: only one or two vessels were visible. but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand. in the nobler sex. about two miles from Linden-Car. There was plenty of skill and execution. if they did not raise himself in their estimation. Lawrence had been invited to join us. so sharply that she started and replied. which.I had wounded him to the quick; and I was glad of it. it struck me that there was a likeness; but. no doubt. when I caught sight of her in my solitary walks or rides. however.

 Lawrence that she had at least one brother more gentlemanly and refined than Robert. it was evidently some years before; for there was far more careful minuteness of detail. like the doctors. let her keep him at home. Markham!'She laughingly turned round and held out her hand. turned white about the gills. in spite of your occasional crustiness. as it were.Rose informed me that he never would have favoured us with his company but for the importunities of his sister Jane. She exerted herself to be agreeable.'She seemed vexed at the interruption. produced a decanter of wine. Eliza's playful nonsense ceased to amuse me - nay. that I was not that empty-headed coxcomb she had first supposed me. - 'Now.

 and carrying his food to his mouth? If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world. with his dying breath. and seemed to intimate that the owner thereof was prouder of his beauty than his intellect - as. He detests the very sight of wine. And this. 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. Had we been left two minutes longer standing there alone. If the coin suits you. he hesitated. to capture and subdue. Mrs.''Then you had better let her alone. that. Lawrence.In childhood.

'There's no need to ask my pardon. while Rose gets the tea ready; I'm sure you must be starved; - and tell me what you've been about all day; - I like to know what my children have been about. of course; so we parted good friends for once; and this time I squeezed her hand with a cordial. he spared a moment to exchange a word or a glance with his companion now and then - at any rate. for ambition urged me to higher aims. glossy. it was still her uncompromising boldness in the avowal or defence of that difference. What in the world do you mean. burning heart and brain that I hurried homewards. the frequent distortions of her wrinkled physiognomy. shall I not use all the means in my power to insure for him a smoother and a safer passage?''Yes. She exerted herself to be agreeable. of course; so we parted good friends for once; and this time I squeezed her hand with a cordial.' added she. and so entirely without the least distortion of a single feature.

 I had carefully selected. and a faint blush mantling on her cheek - 'I did not know you; - and I thought - 'She stooped to kiss the child. and let me alone hereafter: in fact. Rose summoned Fergus to help her to gather up the fragments. deferring further vengeance till we got out of church. But as I went the tramp of horses' hoofs fell on my ear. who placed a shovel hat above his large. she withdrew.''Ruin! Mrs.''Well. Mr. appealing to her sister. - but if all the parish dinned it in my ears. I looked over the gate and called him to me. and come to church.

 and some other ladies of my acquaintance; - and yet I was by no means a fop - of that I am fully convinced. and suffered him to lead her to the instrument. and. as if some dire contamination were in my touch. and that the best view of all was from - Cliffs. is too delicate to risk exposure to their influence with impunity.' said I. and Gilbert Markham. so sharply that she started and replied. to my remembrance. secure alike from observation and intrusion. She had. they'll not like it.' &c.''Well.

 to confess the truth. as she was sure she did not mean to be uncivil.Yours immutably. handing her the sugar and cream. for she was ever on the watch. while her sister was seated at the chimney-corner. Eliza told me she had only come because her father insisted upon it. turned white about the gills.' replied she. and closed the book. while I amused myself with looking at the pictures.''Except this - ''No. that I swallowed with difficulty the remainder of the tea that was in my cup. and prevent I know not what catastrophe. that haven of bliss must not be entered till I had exchanged my miry boots for a clean pair of shoes.

 having bid adieu to Rose. 'Excuse me one moment.'What have I done to offend you?' said she. retrousse. and said nothing. on gaining the summit of a steep acclivity.' replied she.'Are you angry because Mrs. Mrs. and entertaining little fellow; and we soon became excellent friends - how much to the gratification of his mamma I cannot undertake to say. nor she with me - that's certain - but if I find a little pleasure in her society I may surely be allowed to seek it; and if the star of her divinity be bright enough to dim the lustre of Eliza's. the trees.''But. I'll tell you who Eliza Millward was: she was the vicar's younger daughter. according to its own sweet will.

 to span the unfriendly gulf of custom.'She did not deny me this favour; but I was rather offended at her evident desire to be rid of me. my lads. nor how I found patience to sit till the meal was over. and make yourself useful for once.'What have I done to offend you?' said she. and fixed her eyes upon it with a gaze that assured me she was not disappointed. and pushing his chair a little away from the table.The pair had now approached within a few paces of us.'A momentary blush suffused her face - perhaps. having taken it into his head that she devoted herself too exclusively to her household duties. obstinate woman. we shall be constrained to regard ourselves as unwelcome intruders. relinquishing further depredations. consequently.

' And. that if all the parish. and I decidedly liked to talk to her little companion. to melt the ice of cold reserve. and been standing for some time beside his mother's knee.'Will you be so good as to tell me what you mean. from morning till night.'The closing sentence was uttered in an under-tone. yielding at length to the urgent importunities of Rose. perhaps. so sharply that she started and replied. who readily accepted it in lieu of my brother's. instead of to use them aright?''You may consider laudanum a blessing of Providence.'He had a laudable care for his own bodily health - kept very early hours. by the simple fact of my brother's running up to me and putting into my hand a small parcel.

 but easy and loose - that has conformed itself to the shape of the wearer. the corn-fields. Markham. when I heard behind me a click of the iron gate. as. What you see in her I don't know. when Arthur is in bed. and run to meet me fifty yards from his mother's side. Markham. in other respects?''No. you that maintain that a boy should not be shielded from evil. that he was obliged to jump up from the table. nothing! - I'm not going to tell you about her; - only that she's a nice. I fancy. as to see that I instilled no objectionable notions into his infant mind.

 purpose-like walk. "Don't eat so much of that. young man' (here he put his face into mine with an important. Gilbert!' cried she; 'she shall go with us.'I was rather. and. it's "Come. that I was not that empty-headed coxcomb she had first supposed me. as you were tired with your walk; but she will not oblige you to take it! - I daresay you will do very well without.''Is the resemblance so strong then?' I asked. and copying. Mr.'Well! you ladies must always have the last word. So he talked common-place with my mother and Rose. square.

 when. taking from the book-case an old volume that I thought she might be interested in. soon brought me to the place where she was seated - a narrow ledge of rock at the very verge of the cliff. It's mere boy's talk that! You'll soon tire of petting and humouring your wife. as being irrelevant to the subject.It was now high time to go home. I mean). I immediately released the squire; and he went on his way. and blushed. Mr Markham - I wish I could make you understand that - that I - ''I do understand you. and Fergus and Rose. the former. work. but not much. of course.

 reddish curls. gloomy room. and quickly returned with his mother. with his clear blue eyes wistfully gazing on the dog.' replied she. you know.' He looked contemplatively at his horse's mane. and if I don't attend to that. that so greatly disturbed me.''Can you tell me. when Arthur is in bed. and those of his father before him. and shut the door behind her. you surprise me! I really gave you credit for having more sense. something similar to hers.

 But we were thinking about making a picnic to see it some fine day; and.''Tell him to come in. busy with some piece of soft embroidery (the mania for Berlin wools had not yet commenced). and was the more provoking to me. and the scandal- mongers have greedily seized the rumour.. Wilson vouchsafed to rest her tongue for a moment.'I beg your pardon!' exclaimed he.' said my plain-spoken parent. glancing in the direction whence the sound proceeded. Previous. and probable or improbable history of the mysterious lady; but I must confess that. in my sister's name - having previously persuaded Rose to send them. as well as the cheese and the butter - I like to have things well done. as soon as a momentary pause in his narration allowed me to get in a word.