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Out of her sphere - University Library

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BEATEY LA YTON'S PROMISE. 183<br />

you know it was, that at last you spoke<br />

when you did ! It was nothing but a fit <strong>of</strong><br />

pique or jealousy to which I was indebted<br />

for the avowal with which you favoured me<br />

the ot<strong>her</strong> night ! If it had not been for<br />

that, how long would you have gone on<br />

doubting and mistrusting me ? thinking<br />

—<br />

yes, thinking that I was as great a coward<br />

as yourself, or so much afraid <strong>of</strong> a few hard-<br />

ships, or <strong>of</strong> the deprivation <strong>of</strong> a few luxu^<br />

ries, that I would sell myself to any bidder<br />

who could only insure them to me."<br />

" I never thought that <strong>of</strong> you, Beatey,''<br />

said Temple Masters. He was having some-<br />

thing very like a scolding, but hb loved the<br />

girl better than ever who was giving it to<br />

him.<br />

"You thought something very like it<br />

when you spoke to me the ot<strong>her</strong> night.<br />

And did you think that I would take you<br />

then? That after having been misjudged<br />

for years, I would come at your bidding the

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