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He believed that in doing so he established word by word the reasonableness of his claim to Elfride. 'Curse her! curse that woman! that miserable letter that parted us! O God! Knight began pacing the room again, and uttered this at further end. 'What did you say? said Stephen, turning round. 'Say? Did I say anything?
The man of many ideas, now that his first dream of impossible things was over, vibrated too far in the contrary direction; and her every movement of feature every tremor every confused word was taken as so much proof of her unworthiness. 'Elfride, we must bid good-bye to compliment, said Knight: 'we must do without politeness now.
'Such a childish escapade might have been misrepresented by any evil-disposed person, might it not? 'It might; but I never heard that it was. Nobody who really knew all the circumstances would have done otherwise than smile. If all the world had known it, Elfride would still have remained the only one who thought her action a sin.
Elfride was rather wilful, by reason of his inattention, which she privately set down to his thinking her not worth talking to. Whilst Knight stood watching the rise of the cloud, she sauntered to the other side of the tower, and there remembered a giddy feat she had performed the year before.
'Let me tiss you, said the other, in appearance very much like the first, but to a smaller pattern. Their pink cheeks and yellow hair were speedily intermingled with the folds of Elfride's dress; she then stooped and tenderly embraced them both. 'Such an odd thing, said Elfride, smiling, and turning to Stephen.
At the door was Unity, who occupied in the new establishment a position between young lady's maid and middle-housemaid. 'She is sound asleep, ma'am, Unity whispered. Mrs. Swancourt opened the door. Elfride was lying full-dressed on the bed, her face hot and red, her arms thrown abroad.
Once in the hall she ran upstairs and into her room, and flung herself down upon her bed, weeping bitterly. 'Where is Elfride? said her father at luncheon. Knight listened anxiously for the answer. He had been hoping to see her again before this time. 'She isn't well, sir, was the reply. Mrs. Swancourt rose and left the room, going upstairs to Elfride's apartment.
It was, however, rather to the vicar's astonishment, that he saw Elfride walk in to the breakfast-table, candle in hand. Stephen followed her thither. The copse-covered valley was visible from this position, a mist now lying all along its length, hiding the stream which trickled through it, though the observers themselves were in clear air.
The vicar was rather surprised to see him again so soon: Mrs. Swancourt was not. Knight found, on meeting them all, after his arrival had been announced, that they had formed an intention to go to St. Leonards for a few days at the end of the month. No satisfactory conjuncture offered itself on this first evening of his return for presenting Elfride with what he had been at such pains to procure.
If my constitution were not well seasoned, as thank God it is, here Mr. Swancourt looked down his front, as if his constitution were visible there, 'I should be coughing and barking all the year round. And when the family goes away, there are only about three servants to preach to when I get there. Well, that shall be the arrangement, then. Elfride, you will like to go?
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