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174 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

mersion would ever have made Mrs. Thor-<br />

ton's hands the size <strong>of</strong> this dead woman's.'*<br />

" But the dress is <strong>her</strong>s, is it not ? Milly<br />

and I were told that t<strong>her</strong>e were several<br />

who identified it T<br />

" I should n't thiok any dress would be<br />

easily recognizable after being a month in<br />

salt water ; but, however, that is not the<br />

question at present. I can't get any one<br />

to believe that this is not Mrs. Thornton ;<br />

the difficulty, now, will be to find w<strong>her</strong>e<br />

Mrs. Thornton is. Audley can tell me<br />

nothing <strong>of</strong> <strong>her</strong>, but that he was to have<br />

met <strong>her</strong> on that day, and did not do so."<br />

"He was to have met <strong>her</strong>! Oh, poor<br />

Milly 1 He deserves all that has happened<br />

to him for his treac<strong>her</strong>y to <strong>her</strong>."<br />

'' Do n't be quite so fast. He has not<br />

been treac<strong>her</strong>ous at all. I fancy Miss<br />

Lisdale is quite aware that she is a good<br />

deal cleverer than <strong>her</strong> intended husband ;<br />

and that whenever she marries she will

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