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238 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

to poison <strong>her</strong> heart, and turn it from me,<br />

but what men call murder he did not do."<br />

'' And you V<br />

" If I had loved <strong>her</strong> less, I might have<br />

let <strong>her</strong> live. But how could I ? how could<br />

I ? To see <strong>her</strong> sinking lower and lower<br />

into pollution, till not one healthy spot remained<br />

in all <strong>her</strong> soul ! How was it pos-<br />

sible for me to spare <strong>her</strong> ? How could I<br />

pause when death would come in and<br />

purify and purge—lifting <strong>her</strong> out <strong>of</strong> the<br />

slough <strong>of</strong> filth into which she had fallen,<br />

and setting <strong>her</strong> feet w<strong>her</strong>e no tempter<br />

would ever lead them astray again ?"<br />

" But how did you dare take judgment<br />

and vengeance both into your own hands ?"<br />

said Temple Masters, with a face almost as<br />

pale as that <strong>of</strong> the man to whom he was<br />

speaking.<br />

" How did I dare ! Was<br />

I not <strong>her</strong> lord,<br />

<strong>her</strong> head ?—had she not sinned against me ?<br />

For such a crime as <strong>her</strong>s, in how many lands

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