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CLARE IS EQUAL TO THE OCGAriON. 193<br />

judge on that point as <strong>her</strong>self.<br />

" Did I not<br />

handle <strong>her</strong> very hair ? You always thought<br />

ft as black as ink. / knew w<strong>her</strong>e to look<br />

for the grey streaks in it, and I found them,<br />

just above the left ear, w<strong>her</strong>e they were<br />

always put so carefully out <strong>of</strong> sight." She<br />

could not help this ;<br />

she could not lose the<br />

pleasure <strong>of</strong> letting him know <strong>her</strong> former<br />

mistress was indebted a good deal to suc-<br />

cessful dressing. She would have indulged,<br />

in this little bit <strong>of</strong> spite at the coroner's<br />

inquest, only t<strong>her</strong>e it might have had an<br />

appearance which she wished to avoid. She<br />

did not care much for appearances <strong>her</strong>e<br />

she merely wished Mr. Temple Masters to<br />

know that she was not afraid <strong>of</strong> him, but<br />

at the same time, why should n't he learn<br />

that Mrs. Thornton was neit<strong>her</strong> so young<br />

nor so handsome as he had thought <strong>her</strong> ?<br />

Mr. Masters asked after Mr. Thornton ;<br />

but Clare had <strong>her</strong> answer ready for him<br />

<strong>her</strong>e. He was much too ill to see any one.<br />

VOL. III. 13<br />

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