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Willoughby's hand lay palm downwards on his knee, and she, noticing a ring which he wore on his little finger, took hold of it. 'What a funny ring!' she said; 'let's look?' To disembarrass himself of her touch, he pulled the ring off and gave it her to examine. 'What's that ugly dark green stone?' she asked. 'It's called a sardonyx.' 'What's it for?' she said, turning it about. 'It's a signet ring, to seal letters with.' WILLOUGHBY'S HAND LAY PALM DOWNWARDS ON HIS KNEE AND SHE NOTICING A RING WHICH HE WORE ON HIS LITTLE FINGER TOOK HOLD OF IT WHAT FUNNY RING SHE SAID LET'S LOOK TO DISEMBARRASS HIMSELF OF HER TOUCH HE PULLED THE RING OFF AND GAVE IT TO HER TO EXAMINE WHAT'S THAT UGLY DARK GREEN STONE SHE ASKED IT'S CALLED A SARDONIC'S WHAT'S IT FOR SHE SAID TURNING IT ABOUT IT'S A SIGNET RING TO SEAL LETTERS WITH
e would not go. Then he drank his tea hastily and set off for the stile. Esther was waiting for him. Expectation had given an additional colour to her cheeks, and her red-brown hair showed here and there a beautiful glint of gold. He could not help admiring the vigorous way in which it waved and twisted, or the little curls which grew at the nape of her neck, tight and close as those of a young lamb's fleece. Her neck here was admirable, too, in its smooth creaminess; and when her eyes lighted up with such evident pleasure at his coming, how avoid the conviction she was a good and nice girl after all? He proposed they should go down into the little copse on the right, where they would be less disturbed by the occasional passer-by. Here, seated on a felled tree-trunk, Willoughby began that bantering, silly, meaningless form of conversation known among the 'classes' as flirting. He had but the wish to make himself agreeable, and to while away the time. Esther, however, misunderstood him. UDENCE TRIUMPHED ANEW NO HE WOULD NOT GO THEN HE DRANK HIS TEA HASTILY AND SET OFF FOR THE STILE ESTHER WAS WAITING FOR HIM EXPECTATION HAD GIVEN AN ADDITIONAL COLOUR TO HER CHEEKS AND HER RED BROWN HAIR SHOWED HERE AND THERE A BEAUTIFUL GLINT OF GOLD HE COULD NOT HELP ADMIRING THE VIGOROUS WAY IN WHICH IT WAVED AND TWISTED OR THE LITTLE CURLS WHICH GREW AT THE NAPE OF HER NECK TIGHT AND CLOSE AS THOSE OF A YOUNG LAMB'S FLEECE HER NECK HERE WAS ADMIRABLE TOO IN ITS SMOOTH CREAMINESS AND WHEN HER EYES LIGHTED UP WITH SUCH EVIDENT PLEASURE AT HIS COMING HOW AVOID THE CONVICTION THAT SHE WAS A GOOD AND NICE GIRL AFTER ALL HE PROPOSED THEY SHOULD GO DOWN INTO THE LITTLE COPSE ON THE RIGHT WHERE THEY WOULD BE LESS DISTURBED BY THE OCCASIONAL PASSER BY HERE SEATED ON A FELLED TREE TRUNK WILLOUGHBY BEGAN THAT BANTERING SILLY MEANINGLESS FORM OF CONVERSATION KNOWN AMONG THE CLASSES AS FLIRTING HE HAD BUT THE WISH TO MAKE HIMSELF AGREEABLE TO WHILE AWAY THE TIME ESTHER HOWEVER MISUNDERSTOOD HIM
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