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252 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

to the man <strong>of</strong> whom she was now hearing,<br />

that if he Hved, he was likely to be a<br />

virtual outcast, a social outlaw. She could<br />

not have put this in words. She was<br />

hardly conscious how much the chill dreari-<br />

ness <strong>of</strong> the outlook and the atmosp<strong>her</strong>e<br />

depressed <strong>her</strong>, how it weighed <strong>her</strong> down,<br />

and made <strong>her</strong> feel that even Temple<br />

Masters, let him do his best, would be<br />

powerless to give <strong>her</strong> lover, not his life,<br />

but that which alone would make life<br />

worth having.<br />

" He will live it down," said Temple.<br />

*^ He must live it down, but I am afraid it<br />

will be a long time first ; and on that<br />

point I have something to tell you. Audley<br />

feels this disgrace ; ^feels, too, perhaps, that<br />

it is in some measure owing to the folly<br />

with which I have acquainted you. He<br />

was glad and thankful at hearing that you<br />

no longer judged him guilty <strong>of</strong> something<br />

that might have been worse than folly.

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