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Out of her sphere - University Library

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CHECKMATE. 279<br />

see, after that, how it^s possible to have any<br />

doubt on the subject."<br />

" I should n't have any doubt eit<strong>her</strong><br />

only, from all you tell me, this Clare seems<br />

to have no scruples at swearing to anything<br />

which will imperil <strong>her</strong> former lover. By-<br />

the-bye, you did n't tell me—is the hussy<br />

good-looking ?"<br />

" Plain, and marked with the smallpox."<br />

" She must have had some brains, . or<br />

Mr. Audley Dale must have been a hope-<br />

less fool to have committed himself so far."<br />

" She has brains—but t<strong>her</strong>e are wiser<br />

men in the world than Audley Dale."<br />

" And Mrs. Thornton ?"<br />

" Good-looking still, though passee. A<br />

woman who knew how to dress, and to<br />

make the most <strong>of</strong> <strong>her</strong>self."<br />

" I wish you would describe <strong>her</strong>. Please<br />

to go more fully into particulars. Be as<br />

minute as you please. Can you tell me<br />

anything <strong>of</strong> <strong>her</strong> antecedents ?"<br />

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