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206 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

what was sayin' about his wife, how was I<br />

to put him <strong>of</strong>f, an say him no ? Would she<br />

hev me tell him a parcel <strong>of</strong> lies, I wonder ?<br />

He'd ha' found me out—he always did<br />

—<br />

whenever I tried one on him just for peace<br />

and quiet, afore he brort the missus<br />

home ; he'd always a way o' lookin as if he<br />

was readin one <strong>of</strong>f like a book. Any how,<br />

I know I worn't goin' tew tell lies tew him,<br />

an' he so bad, just to please Clare ; an', if<br />

she rows, so I '11 tell <strong>her</strong>."<br />

Deb didn't mind telling lies to Clare<br />

though, for when she came up and asked if<br />

Mr. Thornton had been quiet, she was in-<br />

formed that he had not spoken a word, but<br />

just laid hke that thar all the time Clare<br />

had been away ; and as Mr. Thornton was<br />

now lying with closed eyes, to all appear-<br />

ance asleep, Clare saw no reason to doubt<br />

Deb's word.<br />

He said nothing to <strong>her</strong>. After a time,<br />

he opened liis eyes, and Clare's misgivings

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