bjecting. She was almost glad of the plan, for perhaps it would bring her some strength and calmness to be alone with Philip again; it was like revisiting the scene of Dante Fabbro Jersey a quieter life, in which the very struggles were repose, compared with the daily tumult of the present. She prepared herself for the boat and at half-past ten sat waiting in the drawing-room.
The ring of the door-bell was punctual, and she Canada Goose Snow Mantra Parka was thinking with half-sad, affectionate pleasure of the surprise Philip would have in finding that he was to be with her The North Face Miehet kengät korkea alone, when she distinguished a Mike Vernon Jersey firm, rapid step across the hall, that was certainly not Philip’s; the door opened, and Stephen Guest entered.
In the first moment they were both too much agitated to speak; for Stephen had learned from the servant that the others were gone out. Maggie had started up and David Backes Jersey sat down again, with her heart beating violently; and Stephen, throwing down his cap and gloves, came and sat by her in silence. She thought Philip would be coming soon; and with great effort — for she trembled visibly — she rose to go to a distant chair.
“He is not coming,” said Stephen, in a low tone. “I am going in the boat.”
“Oh, we can’t go,” said Maggie, sinking into her chair again. “Lucy did not expect — she would be hurt. Why is not Philip come?”
“He is not well; he asked me to come instead.”
“Lucy is gone to Lindum,” said Maggie, taking off her bonnet with hurried, Pteris Short Škornji 5831 trembling fingers. “We must not go.”
“Very well,” said Stephen, dreamily, looking at her, as he rested his arm on the back of his chair. “Then we’ll stay here.”
He was looking into her deep, deep eyes, far Adirondack Tall Czyścibut 5498 off and mysterious at the starlit blackness, and yet very near, and timidly loving. Maggie sat perfectly still — perhaps for moments, perhaps for minutes — until the helpless trembling had ceased, and there was a warm glow on her check.
“The man is waiting; he has Josh Gorges Jersey taken the cushions,” she said. “Will you go and tell him?”
“What shall I tell him?” said Stephen, almost in a whisper. He was looking at Nike NikeLab ACG.07.KMTR Damskie the lips now.
Maggie made no answer.
“Let us go,” Stephen murmured entreatingly, rising, and taking her hand to raise her too. “We shall not be long together.”
And they went. Maggie felt that she was being led Blezer down the garden Krótki Rękawy Polo among the roses, being helped with firm, tender care into the boat, having the cushion and cloak arranged for her feet, and her parasol opened for her (which she had forgotten), all by this Drew Stafford Jersey stronger presence that seemed to bear her along without any act of her own will, like the added self which comes with the sudden exalting influence of a strong tonic, and she felt nothing else. Memory was excluded.
They glided rapidly along, Stephen rowing, helped by the backward-flowing tide, past the Tofton trees and houses; on between the silent sunny fields and pastures, which seemed filled with a natural joy that had no reproach for theirs. The breath of the young, unwearied day, the delicious rhythmic dip olinks:
http://www13.plala.or.jp/gakuki3/cgi_bin/aska/aska.cgi
http://www13.plala.or.jp/white_roots/gwbbs/gwbbs.cgi
http://www13.plala.or.jp/gakuki3/cgi_bin/aska/aska.cgi |
