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Out of her sphere - University Library

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168 OUT OF HER SPHERE,<br />

" and Milly and I shall want to know how<br />

you are getting on, and what you think<br />

<strong>of</strong> matters, before the day is out, and it<br />

won't do for you to come to the house and<br />

tell us, because we're not supposed to know<br />

anything at all <strong>of</strong> this matter. Mrs,<br />

Rushington is lying down in <strong>her</strong> morning-<br />

room with a bad headache, and Milly is<br />

kept in close attendance on <strong>her</strong>, that she<br />

should n't go out and hear all these horrors,<br />

and I'm supposed to be up in my own room<br />

altering one <strong>of</strong> my dresses. It's not at all<br />

the sort <strong>of</strong> story Mrs. Rushington would<br />

consider young ladies should be acquainted<br />

with, but still young ladies must help their<br />

friends. I'm bound to help Milly, and<br />

that poor simple Audley is a great deal<br />

more than a friend to <strong>her</strong>."<br />

*'Mrs. Bushington seems an invaluable<br />

diaperon,'' said Temple Masters. " Do you<br />

<strong>of</strong>ten make such escapades as these ?"<br />

'' She does very well for us," saidBeatey;

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