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190 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

his pleasure in apparently respectful<br />

silence.<br />

He did not keep <strong>her</strong> waiting long.<br />

" I<br />

think you remember me/' he said, not at<br />

all as if he were addressing an inferior.<br />

Indeed, he could hardly bring himself to<br />

look at Clare in that light. He could not<br />

help respecting <strong>her</strong> abilities. She was, he<br />

considered, a Jezebel, but a very clever one.<br />

Clare looked up and answered. "Yes,<br />

Mr. Masters, I have met you before.''<br />

"And, t<strong>her</strong>efore, you can guess why I<br />

have come T<br />

Clare shook <strong>her</strong> head—this time it suited<br />

<strong>her</strong> to be in ignorance <strong>of</strong> the motives that<br />

induced this visit.<br />

"I think you must be able to make a<br />

pretty shrewd guess too. I have come to ask<br />

you, not what motive induced you to swear<br />

that the dead woman found in the Fort is<br />

your late mistress, Mrs. Thornton, for I<br />

think I can form a pretty safe guess at

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