Out of her sphere - University Library

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tioned her. If she did not believe in his
guilt, still the rumours that had spread
about were enough to make her uneasy,
and how should she. tell the man before her
of what he was accused ? And yet, if she
did not tell him, how could he clear himself,
if such clearing were possible ? He put
Jiis own construction on her silence.
"You dont believe this lie, Milly ?
Whatever it is, if it means that I have
anything to do with the disappearance of
this poor lady—that in any way I have
wronged Thornton, or been false to you—it
is a lie, foul and complete. I only wish a
man had set it going, and I might trace it
to him, and ram it down his throat."
"You would have enough to do," said
Milly, " for every man and every woAan in
the place seems to believe it."
" Not every woman—not you, Milly ?"
" I would not have believed it—I would
not have thought any ill of you—nor even