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178 OUT OF IIER SPHERE.<br />

good thing, possibly, that in this world<br />

liking does not always go by merit."<br />

" Is that the reason you like me, Beatey<br />

Layton ?—in spite <strong>of</strong> my deservings, or<br />

because <strong>of</strong> them ?" Temple could keep from<br />

speaking openly no longer. He held <strong>her</strong><br />

hands still tightly clasped in his. She had<br />

made no effort to withdraw them. All<br />

the horrors and the mysteries which she<br />

had summoned him to assist in clearing up<br />

—Audley Dale's peril, and Milly's distress,<br />

—were forgotten for the moment—for-<br />

gotten, too, that in spite <strong>of</strong> the warm cloak<br />

she had thrown around <strong>her</strong>, Beatey might<br />

catch cold that chill November night, or<br />

that Mrs. Eushington might wake from <strong>her</strong><br />

after-dinner siesta, and cause search to be<br />

made for <strong>her</strong> daughter's friend. When<br />

Beatey had first told him to come to <strong>her</strong><br />

at the garden wall, and she would speak to<br />

him, he had, in spite <strong>of</strong> all the serious things<br />

about which he was to speak, thought <strong>of</strong>

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