tended i am not going to buy you one she said gently he looked as if he would faint certainly not i do not wish it i x not have accepted it faltered the young man but i am going to buy one for myself i lack a and i shall choose i shall fix my on the column brightened up and i shall let you have the use of it whenever you choose in brief st shall be lady s royal and she � and she � shall be his queen the words came not much the worse for being uttered only in the tone of one anxious to complete a sentence well that s what i have decided to do resumed lady i will write to these at once there seemed to be no more for him to do than to thank her for the privilege whenever it should be available which he promptly did and then made as if to go but lady detained him with have you ever seen my library no never you don t say you would like to see it but i should it is the third door on the right you can find your way in and you can stay there as long as you like then left the morning room for the apartment and amused himself in that soul of the house as defined it till he heard the sounding from the when he came down from the library steps and thought it time to go home but at that moment a servant entered to inquire whether he � two on a tower would or would not prefer to have his lunch brought in to him there upon his replying in the affirmative a large tray arrived on the stomach of a footman and was greatly surprised to see a whole placed at his disposal having at eight that morning and having been much in the open air afterwards the s appetite assumed grand proportions how much of that he might eat without his dear lady s feelings when he could readily eat it all was a problem in which the of a larger and larger quantity argued itself as a smaller and smaller quantity remained when at length he had finally decided on a point in the body of the bird the door was gently opened oh you have not finished came to him over his shoulder in a considerate voice yes thank you lady g he said jumping up why did you prefer to lunch in this awkward dusty place i thought � it would be better said simply there is fruit in the other room if you like to come but perhaps you would rather not o yes i should much like to said walking over his and following her as she led the way to the adjoining apartment here while she asked him what he had been reading he modestly ventured on an apple in whose he recognized the familiar taste of old friends robbed from her husband s in his childhood long before lady s advent on the scene she supposed he had confined his search to his own sublime subject suddenly became older to the eye as his s two on a tower thoughts to the topic thus yes he informed her i seldom read any other subject in these days the secret of productive study is to avoid well did you find any good none the theories in your books are almost as as the system only fancy that magnificent leather bound and stamped and gilt t and wide and bearing the of your house in magnificent colours says that the twinkling of the stars is probably caused by heavenly bodies passing in front of them in their and is it not so that was what i learned when i was a girl the modern now rose above the embarrassing horizon of lady s great house magnificent furniture and awe inspiring footman he became quite natural all his self consciousness fled and his eye spoke into hers no less than his lips to her ears as he said how such a theory can have lingered on to this day beats conjecture as long as forty or fifty years ago established the ct that is the simplest thing in the world � merely a matter of atmosphere but i won t speak of this to you now the comparative absence of in warm countries was noticed by then again the vary no star his wings like when he lies low he flashes out and flames and colours in a manner quite marvellous to behold and this is only one star so too do and and lesser but i tire you with this subject n the contrary you speak so beautifully that i could listen all day the threw a searching glance upon her for a moment but there was no satire in the two on a tower soft eyes which met his own with a luxurious interest say some more of it to me she continued in a voice not far removed from after some hesitation the subject returned again to his lips and he said some more � indeed much more lady often throwing in an remark or question often regarding him in of ideas not exactly based on his words and letting him go on as he would before he left the house the new project was set in train the top of the column was to be in to form a proper and on the ground that he knew better than any one else how this was to be carried out she requested him to give precise directions on the point and to the whole a wooden cabin was to be erected at the foot of the tower to provide better accommodation for casual visitors to the than the staircase and lead flat afforded as this cabin would be completely buried in 