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Out of her sphere - University Library

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228 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

Thornton is living still—that a stranger<br />

has been taken for <strong>her</strong>, and that our best<br />

chance <strong>of</strong> regaining <strong>her</strong> rests in your giving<br />

me any clue you can as to the cause <strong>of</strong> <strong>her</strong><br />

disappearance. Was t<strong>her</strong>e any difference<br />

between you ? Did she consider <strong>her</strong>self<br />

aggrieved—justly or unjustly matters not,<br />

and have you not good reason to believe<br />

that she is with <strong>her</strong> relatives— ^waiting,<br />

possibly, for you to make some overtures <strong>of</strong><br />

reconciliation which your unfortunate ill-<br />

ness has rendered impossible ? Can I make<br />

those overtures on your behalf? Can I as-<br />

sist you in any way ? I am not altoget<strong>her</strong><br />

disinterested in this. Scandal has connected<br />

<strong>her</strong> name with that <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> my<br />

Mends. He is so situated that this scan-<br />

dal may affect him cruelly. It is <strong>of</strong> the<br />

utmost importance to him to have this<br />

cleared up. I shall shrink from no trouble<br />

that may enable me to do it. Will you<br />

empower me to act ? Will you give me

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