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Out of her sphere - University Library

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CLARE GRO WS NER VO US. 227<br />

detain you, I should like to be alone with<br />

your master."<br />

" I would rat<strong>her</strong> not leave him, if you<br />

please, sir,'' said Clare. " Mr. Harben gave<br />

him into my charge, and I was to be sure<br />

and see that he did not become over excited<br />

through talking to you."<br />

" Very well—if you did n't listen on one<br />

side the door, I suppose you would on the<br />

ot<strong>her</strong>," said Temple carelessly ; then h^<br />

turned to Mr. Thornton.<br />

" My motives are<br />

very urgent, sir, or I would not only have<br />

shrunk from trespassing on you at such a<br />

time, but from alluding to a subject so<br />

painful as that <strong>of</strong> which I must now speak.<br />

Mrs. Thornton has disappeared—I won't<br />

say died—though the general belief is that<br />

she came to <strong>her</strong> end in the old Fort. I am<br />

aware that some one has been found t<strong>her</strong>e<br />

who is supposed to be your wife, but it is<br />

only a supposition. I am convinced Mrs.<br />

15—2

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