Out of her sphere - University Library

298 OUT OF HER SPHERE.
and apologize for having brought him.
Whether Mrs. Harrup approved of the
addition or not, she welcomed him cor-
dially ; perhaps as a matter of policy. Mr.
Thompson was too important a person for
new comers in their position not to wish to
propitiate him.
She was a pleasant, good-tempered look-
ing woman, in Temple Masters' opinion,
with, in private life, very little of her pro-
fession about her, and there was nothing in
the room to remind any one of the avoca-
tion of those who inhabited it. The glass,
and plated articles on the table were bright,
the cloth was clean ;
and, though the apart-
ments had been taken furnished, Mrs.
Hari-up had contrived to throw an air of
home and comfort about them, which her
niece had never succeeded in doing in the
Rectory.
" Hilda will be home soon with her
uncle," she observed, and then for the first