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Out of her sphere - University Library

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CHAPTEE VIII.<br />

WHAT CLARE WAITED FOR.<br />

mHEOUGH all Weamouth a horrified<br />

whisper ran, when it was heard that<br />

something which was said to be all that<br />

remained <strong>of</strong> the wife <strong>of</strong> the Hector <strong>of</strong> St.<br />

Hilda had been taken to the " King's<br />

Arms," and was t<strong>her</strong>e awaiting an inquest.<br />

Why had she gone to the Old Fort ? What<br />

could have taken <strong>her</strong> t<strong>her</strong>e ? and how, if<br />

she had gone, did death in so fearful a<br />

form overtake <strong>her</strong> ? From under the stones,<br />

which had fallen in at the lower part <strong>of</strong><br />

the Old Fort, something crushed out <strong>of</strong><br />

nearly all semblance to humanity, had been

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