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Out of her sphere - University Library

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WHAT CLARE WAITED FOR. 143<br />

She supposed she must sometimes have<br />

thought so, because they were not like<br />

minded."<br />

" Mr. Thornton knew nothing <strong>of</strong> Mrs.<br />

Thornton's going to the Fort V<br />

*' She did not believe that he did. Mrs.<br />

Thornton seldom told him w<strong>her</strong>e she was<br />

going. He left the house a little while<br />

after she did, looking much as usual. But<br />

he had been ailing so much for some tir^e<br />

past that she was not at all surprised to see<br />

him return as exhausted as he did."<br />

T<strong>her</strong>e seemed little furt<strong>her</strong> to ask the<br />

witness. Things looked bad for Audley<br />

Dale, but t<strong>her</strong>e was no positive evidence <strong>of</strong><br />

his criminality. He might not have gone<br />

to the Fort after all. The jury looked at-<br />

each ot<strong>her</strong> puzzled and uncertain. In their<br />

hearts they believed that Audley Dale knew<br />

something <strong>of</strong> Mrs. Thornton's death, but<br />

they had no legal evidence <strong>of</strong> the fact.<br />

More was forthcoming, however.

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