Out of her sphere - University Library

BEA TEY LA YTON'S PROMISE. 171
ing on it, peered out in the darkness for
him.
The night was chilly, and the bank, to
say the least, was damp ; but Beatey was
not to be daunted by such trifles, no, nor
by what Temple Masters might think of
her meeting him thus. She had her friend
to serve, and friendship was a very
thorough thing with Beatey, and as to
Temple Masters, she considered, ''If Jie
has a grain of sense, hell know that I
should never trust him like this, unless 1
liked him a great deal better than I have
ever let him know before."
There was no one likely to be about, at
that hour, near Beechside. It was too
€old and bleak in the middle of November
for any one to be strolling on the sands by
moonlight, and the villa lay out of the
way of the ordinary traffic of the town, so
that Beatey and Temple Masters did not
run much danger of being disturbed in