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Out of her sphere - University Library

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182 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

said Temple Masters, gaily. *' And so you<br />

found out my secret, did you ? And I do<br />

think, Beatey, it's more than three years<br />

since I first knew it myself."<br />

" And all that time—all those years, what<br />

has kept you silent ? I know, and I'll<br />

tell you, Mr. Masters !" What a pity the<br />

night was so dark that he could see no-<br />

thing <strong>of</strong> the crimsoning cheek, the flashing<br />

eyes which made Beatey's pretty face quite<br />

beautiful. " You were afraid, as so many<br />

men are, to come to a poor girl honestly,<br />

and tell <strong>her</strong> you were poor—that you<br />

had nothing but your right hand and your<br />

brain to trust to ; and you were afraid you<br />

could not ask <strong>her</strong> to trust in them as well.<br />

Was jDOverty such a dreadful thing to you<br />

that you thought I should be scared at it ?<br />

or had you so little confidence in your own<br />

constancy that you would n't put mine to<br />

the pro<strong>of</strong> by asking me to wait till you<br />

were a ric<strong>her</strong> man. It was a mere chance.

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