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12 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

the evil that has been going on so long ?<br />

What else can 1 think <strong>of</strong> but that, when-<br />

life has become impossible, the sooner death<br />

is sought the better—and, Henrietta,"—and<br />

his voice now had something <strong>of</strong> the awful<br />

tenderness <strong>of</strong> his eyes,— "life has become<br />

impossible for you and me."<br />

" Oh, Harold, Harold !" and she cried<br />

and sobbed— she was not easily moved to<br />

tears, but all <strong>her</strong> courage had left <strong>her</strong> now.<br />

" What is it that you mean ? why should you<br />

think such dreadful things <strong>of</strong> me ? I am<br />

innocent, I tell you, innocent ; I have never<br />

wronged you in thought or deed. Won't<br />

you believe me—Harold, dear !<br />

come home !<br />

You<br />

come back !<br />

shall have no reason for<br />

complaint. Audley Dale shall never enter<br />

your house again—and yet I could swear<br />

that it was Milly Lisdale brought him<br />

t<strong>her</strong>e—he never had a thought <strong>of</strong> me—or<br />

at least never any ot<strong>her</strong> thought than as a<br />

friend 1"

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