Out of her sphere - University Library

BEATEY LA YTON'S PROMISE. 179
a policeman's courtship of a servant-maid,
and wished that Mrs. Kushington's sense
of propriety was not so exquisite, so that
Beatey and he might have had their conver-
sation in a more decorous manner. Never
mind ; he had her now, he had done her
behest manfully that day, and he would
learn whether or not he was to look for
any guerdon at her hands.
Of course he would do his best for the
poor fellow now waiting so drearily in the
borough gaol of Wearmouth, whether he
was to have any recompense or not, but
still, if he could have just the one especial
recompense that he most wished for, it
would be very pleasant to him.
" I never said I liked you, Mr. Temple
Masters," said Beatey, defiantly. But she
did not draw her hands away. He held
them together.
" If you had not liked me—if I had been
totally indifferent to you, would you have
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