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This e in all its wildness Overwrought and tre, she dropped the rein upon Pansy's shoulders, and vowed she would be led whither the horse would take her

Pansy slackened her pace to a walk, and walked on with her agitated burden for three or four minutes At the expiration of this ti down a slope to a pool of water The pony stopped, looked towards the pool, and then advanced and stooped to drink

Elfride looked at her watch and discovered that if she were going to reach St Launce's early enough to change her dress at the Falcon, and get a chance of some early train to Plymouth--there were only two available--it was necessary to proceed at once

She was i; and the repose of the pool, the idleof the flags, the leaf-skeletons, like Genoese filigree, placidly sleeping at the bottom, by their contrast with her own turreater

Pansy did turn at last, and went up the slope again to the high-road The pony ca up and down Elfride's heart throbbed erratically, and she thought, 'Horses, if left to theo home'

Pansy turned and walked on towards St Launce's Pansy at horass to live on After a run to St Launce's she always had a feed of corn to support her on the return journey Therefore, being now more than half way, she preferred St Launce's

But Elfride did not renize was a dreamy fancy that to-day's rash action was not her own She was disabled by her raely involved are motives that, more than by her promise to Stephen, more even than by her love, she was forced on by a sense of the necessity of keeping faith with herself, as proo

She hesitated no longer Pansy went, like the steed of Adonis, as if she told the steps Presently the quaint gables and ju down the hill she entered the courtyard of the Falcon Mrs Buckle, the landlady, came to the door to meet her

The Swancourts ell known here The transition frouise of railway travellers had been hter in this establishment