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GLARE IS EQUAL TO THE OCCASION. 189
The girls slept together this night as
they had done the last, and every now and
then Milly woke from her sleep with a
troubled cry, as in her dreams the con-
sciousness of her lover's danger presented
itself to her. Then Beatey had to reiterate
the above assurance, in which she believed
so fully herself that at last Milly believed
it too, and became, to some extent, reassured
on his account.
Temple Masters presented himself that
night at the Rectory, and asked for Char-
lotte Clare. Deb ran up-stairs to tell her,
and offered to take her place while she
went down to see him. Clare went, trim,
neat and staid as ever, and presented
herself before Mr. Masters in the din-
ing-room, into which Deb had shown
him. She knew in a moment what he
had come for, and armed herself accord-
ingly, and making a slight bow— servants
curtsied, Clare never did—stood waiting
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