Out of her sphere - University Library

IN THE FORT.
of it, and accordingly ascended the stairs
that wound their way through the crumb-
ling walls, taking care to sustain as little
detriment as she could help, and at last
found herself on the first floor of the Fort,
and resolved that that should content her.
*' There's no view worth going a step
further for," she said ; " indeed, I always
do wonder what makes people think so
much of scenery as to go through wh^t
they do for the sake of seeing it. Now,
where shall I sit down ? I think that
window-seat will do. If only it was not
so covered with dirt."
She had taken the precaution of bring-
ing a spare handkerchief with her, and
this she laid on what she called a window-
seat. Below the narrow slit, that in former
ages had served as an out-look from which
to survey the coast, some of the stones had
crumbled away, and thus some kind of
resting place was formed in the thickness of
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