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126 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

This came out at tlie inquest the next<br />

day. Deb and Clare had been summoned<br />

to it as the servants <strong>of</strong> the deceased lady,<br />

and likely to have some knowledge <strong>of</strong> the<br />

last moments she spent in <strong>her</strong> home. Deb<br />

was in a fright at the idea <strong>of</strong> going. She<br />

knew nothing; could say nothing, and it<br />

was a rare hard thing to have to speak up<br />

before so many people. Clare was out-<br />

wardly calm and self-possessed as ever.<br />

She gave the woman whom Mr. Harben<br />

had sent in to take temjDorary charge<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>her</strong> master, strict injunctions re-<br />

specting him, measured his medicine out<br />

<strong>her</strong>self, and saw that everything was<br />

straight and trim in the sick room before<br />

she left it, and then went to the '' King's<br />

Arms," looking as neat and staid a damsel<br />

as ever made a reluctant appearance in<br />

public.<br />

The moment she entered the room she<br />

glanced round to see who was present.

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