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248 OUT OF ITER SPHERE.<br />

the harm you have done him—but perhaps<br />

I ought not to blame you ; it was my own<br />

fault, after all ; I should not have allowed<br />

you access to him."<br />

T<strong>her</strong>e was nothing to be done to-day—it<br />

might not be possible to do anythmg before<br />

the assizes.<br />

" Things are looking badly," he thought,<br />

"I do n't think they 11 convict him—<br />

do n't see how they can ; but he '11 leave<br />

the court a banned and ruined man. Ha-<br />

rold Thornton's confession, if well authenti-<br />

cated, would have cleared him, as nothing<br />

else can. Of course I shall make some use<br />

<strong>of</strong> it, try if I can't get the jury to think<br />

Mr. Thornton was as likely to kill his<br />

wife as Audley Dale. If he lives, he<br />

may yet do him justice, but it seems<br />

very doubtful whet<strong>her</strong> he will live to any<br />

purpose."<br />

He walked moodily along, and presently<br />

encountered Miss Lisdale and Beatey.<br />

I

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