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286 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

The new manager, if he hired furniture in-<br />

stead <strong>of</strong> borrowing it, did not appear to<br />

have funds enough to decorate the house.<br />

The audience was, for St. Bede's, a good<br />

one, and in the dress circle t<strong>her</strong>e was a fine<br />

display <strong>of</strong> fresh 3^oung faces and opera<br />

cloaks. Mr. Thompson glanced carelessly<br />

round, recognized some faces, then shrank<br />

back. " One's not quite in trim for the<br />

boxes, and I do n't want people to see me<br />

<strong>her</strong>e. But I like, when I do come to the<br />

play, to be near enough to see faces ; and<br />

the lady who takes the chief part with<br />

Eastern, to-night, is a cHent <strong>of</strong> mine. I<br />

want to see how she gets <strong>her</strong>self up for<br />

the stage. She's not bad looking <strong>of</strong>f it."<br />

" A client <strong>of</strong> yours ? Why, she can't<br />

have been long in the town. I see this is<br />

<strong>her</strong> first appearance at St. Bede's," said<br />

Temple Masters, glancing at the programme.<br />

" I suppose you mean Miss Hilda Mor-<br />

daunt ?"

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