A PAIR OF BLUE
my
dear
that a noble
girl,
as honest as a noble
by
man.
EYES.
woman must I specially
be
mean
honesty, fairness not only in matters of
business and social detail, but in
all
the deli-
cate dealings of love, to Avhich the license
given to your sex particularly
refers.'
Elfride looked troublously at the trees.
'XoAv
let
would
us go on to the river,
had a hat
Elfie.'
on,'
she said with
I will o^et it for you,' said
Knioht, verv
I
'
if I
a sort of suppressed woe. '
willing to purchase her companionship at so
cheap a price. 'You
And
sit
down there
a minute.'
he turned and walked rapidly back to
the house after the article in question. Elfride sat
down upon one
benches which adorned
of the rustic
this portion of the
grounds, and remained with her eyes upon the grass.
She was induced to
lift
them bv
hearing the brush of light and irregular footsteps
hard by.
Passing along the path which
intersected the one she
was in and traversed
the outer shrubberies, Elfride beheld the
