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294 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

what might he not do for an actress whom<br />

he considered worthy to act with him ?<br />

She was radiant as she stood t<strong>her</strong>e, with<br />

the pit applauding with all its might, and<br />

the gallery thundering its applause. She<br />

looked young and triumphant ; different<br />

altoget<strong>her</strong> to the worn, tired woman whom<br />

Temple Masters remembered. Something<br />

<strong>of</strong> this look she had worn the night <strong>of</strong> the<br />

ball, but it had not been just the same.<br />

Underneath all <strong>her</strong> gaiety and abandon<br />

t<strong>her</strong>e had been a hardness and defiance,<br />

as if she felt that in enjoying <strong>her</strong>self so<br />

much as she was doing she was setting the<br />

conventionalities <strong>of</strong> the place at nought, but<br />

would enjoy <strong>her</strong>self just the same. Now<br />

she was at home. T<strong>her</strong>e was no one to<br />

shock, <strong>her</strong>e—she had sung <strong>her</strong> best, looked<br />

<strong>her</strong> handsomest, laughed <strong>her</strong> loudest, and<br />

been only yet the more applauded for so<br />

doing. But she looked again at Mr.<br />

Thompson ; it was much the same look.

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