Out of her sphere - University Library

ON THE PIER. 255
—Audley, after all, had done nothing for
which she ought to break it. He had
done a very foolish thing, but he had, at
least, not sinned against her ;
he had done
nothing for which he ought to suffer at her
hands.
" Things are to be just as they were, be-
tween us," she said presently. '^ All that
has been, all that may be, will make no
difference there." Then she began to t^k
of other things : of the line of defence
that Audley would take, of the solicitor it
would be best to employ. She talked ig-
norantly, as a girl might well do, who was
seldom allowed even a sight of a news-
paper, and Temple Masters did not choose
to tell her anything connected with his
interview with Harold Thornton last night.
But she talked sensibly too, and what in-
formation Temple did choose to give her,
was evidently bestowed on an appreciative
listener.