The white rose . vely upward, anda green jacket motionless on the sward, shut in, ereshe could breathe, by a swarm of dark, shiftingfigures, increasing in an instant to a crowd. She was not afraid noic. Mr. Bruff! exclaimedthe girl, clutching his arm in a vice, and turning onhim a white face and a pair of shining eyes thatscared even the actor, bring the fly dovm there—quick! He musnt lie on the damp earth. Dontstop me. Before I get to him he might She choked, without finishing her sentence, butshe was out of the stand like a lapwing, while , with almost equal alacrity, went to fetch t
The white rose . vely upward, anda green jacket motionless on the sward, shut in, ereshe could breathe, by a swarm of dark, shiftingfigures, increasing in an instant to a crowd. She was not afraid noic. Mr. Bruff! exclaimedthe girl, clutching his arm in a vice, and turning onhim a white face and a pair of shining eyes thatscared even the actor, bring the fly dovm there—quick! He musnt lie on the damp earth. Dontstop me. Before I get to him he might She choked, without finishing her sentence, butshe was out of the stand like a lapwing, while , with almost equal alacrity, went to fetch the fly- He could not but observe, however, that Mr. Snipe,returning to weigh after an easy victory, nodded his WEAEIXG THE GREEN. 183 head to his confederate with a gesture that was worthrounds of applause. He overheard, too, a remarkthat accompanied the action— * You may bid them a hundred-and-fifty for theBooby, if you cant get him for less. Hed harelanded it if hed been properly ridden, Ill lay twoto one !. CHAPTER XY. THE WHITE WITCH. * It was a pity, said half the county, that gave so little at Oakover. Never wasa place more adapted for out-of-door gatherings,having for their object the wearing of becomingdresses and the general discomfiture of the malesex. There were walks within half a mile of thehouse, along which it was impossible to stroll insafety with a fair cohipanion under a summer were pheasant-houses to go and see, standingapart in convenient nooks and shaded recesses. Therewas a little lake, and on its surface floated a littleskiff calculated to hold only two people at a all, there was the spring of ice-cold waterunder the hill in the deer-park, that was obviouslya special provision of nature for the promotion ofpic-nics. THE WHITE VriTCH. 185 It is one of the last fine days of a summer thathas lingered on into the early autumn. The bluesky is laced with strips of motionless white sward is burnished and slippery w
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