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Out of her sphere - University Library

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MISS LA YTON MANA GES MA TTERS 159<br />

in the matter/' replied Beatey ;<br />

*' and I<br />

do n't think Mr. Maurice Dale will be much,<br />

eit<strong>her</strong>. I do n't want to hurt your feelings,<br />

Milly, dear, but I do n't think they 're a<br />

particularly clever family. T<strong>her</strong>e's just one<br />

person that can help us, and he must come<br />

and do it at once—Milly, I mean to tele-<br />

graph to Temple Masters/'<br />

" You—but mamma<br />

" Oh !<br />

I would n't shock Mrs. Rushing-<br />

ton by letting <strong>her</strong> know anything about it<br />

for the world. She won't expect us down<br />

till tea-time ; that gives us a clear hour. I<br />

shall go to the station myself; I can do it,<br />

if I run, in a quarter <strong>of</strong> an hour. I shall<br />

wait t<strong>her</strong>e till I get his answer back. If he's<br />

not at his chambers I sha'n't get an answer,<br />

but he '11 have my message as soon as he<br />

comes home ; then he '11 be down to-<br />

morrow, and we shall have Audley out <strong>of</strong><br />

prison, to a certainty, before long."<br />

As she spoke, Beatey was wrapping <strong>her</strong>-<br />

"

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