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Out of her sphere - University Library

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CHECKMATE. 295<br />

only brighter, happier, that Temple Masters<br />

had sometimes seen thrown at Audley Dale,<br />

and Mr. Thompson, though a much cleverer<br />

man than that unfortunate young <strong>of</strong>ficer,<br />

was evidently flattered by it.<br />

" She'll come on again in the after-<br />

piece," he said, "along with Eastern. I<br />

thought you'd be taken with <strong>her</strong>. I was<br />

this morning when she came, though I was<br />

confoundedly busy. She wants a separa-<br />

tion on the grounds <strong>of</strong> cruelty, and, she<br />

fears, insanity. I was to hear it all to-<br />

morrow. But I fancy you have told me<br />

enough. I don't think she'll require a<br />

separation, and you won't have the honour<br />

<strong>of</strong> winning an acquittal for Mr. Audley<br />

Dale."<br />

" T<strong>her</strong>e will still remain the mystery <strong>of</strong><br />

that unhappy creature who was really found<br />

in the Fort ?"<br />

"They won't impute <strong>her</strong> death to Mr.<br />

Dale. And I dare say Mrs. Thornton can

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