Out of her sphere - University Library

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TDefore long it was brought to their remem-
brance in such awful sort that they wished
they had heeded it better at the time.
The cry was not repeated, for the mouth
that uttered it was closed and stopped by
kisses—such passionate, despairing kisses
as he had given her but last night, when she
left him in all her bravery for Audley Dale.
She understood the meaning of those des-
perate kisses now, and for a time she had
no voice or strength to cry again, even
when he drew his lips from hers.
'' You have no right to call me that," he
said. " What else was there for me ?
What else have you left for me to do ?
Surely death for both of us is a better thing
than the dishonoured, shameful lives we
were both leading."
Again she twisted, and writhed, and
struggled ; and again shrieked so wildly
that her cries were borne into the upper
air ;
but this time the fishermen did not hear
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