A Greek Beauty

A Greek Beauty
A Lily Pond
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
American Day Dream
¡¡¡¡ "Now we'll go back," said Arabella, who had attended to the sounds. ¡¡¡¡ Jude assented. So long as he was near her he minded little where he was. When they arrived at her house he said lingeringly: "I won't come in. Why are you in such a hurry to go in to-night? It is not near dark." ¡¡¡¡ "Wait a moment," said she. She tried the handle of the door and found it locked. ¡¡¡¡ "Ah--they are gone to church," she added. And searching behind the scraper she found the key and unlocked the door. "Now, you'll come in a moment?" she asked lightly. "We shall be all alone." ¡¡¡¡ "Certainly," said Jude with alacrity, the case being unexpectedly
oil paintingaltered. ¡¡¡¡ Indoors they went. Did he want any tea? No, it was too late: he would rather sit and talk to her. She took off her jacket and hat, and they sat down--naturally enough close together. ¡¡¡¡ "Don't touch me, please," she said softly. "I am part egg-shell. Or perhaps I had better put it in a safe place." She began unfastening the collar of her gown. ¡¡¡¡ "What is it?" said her lover. ¡¡¡¡ "An egg--a cochin's egg. I am hatching a very rare sort. I carry it about everywhere with me, and it will get hatched in less than three weeks." ¡¡¡¡ "Where do you carry it?"