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312 OUT OF HER SPHERE.
him of the change of dress, and getting
into the van, dried Mrs. Thornton's gar-
ments by the fire. They drove on till they
were near Wearmouth ;
then, as he was in
the habit of doing, he turned the horses
out to graze in a field, without asking the
owner's leave, and his wife and he pre-
pared to pass the night in the van. He
went to bed early—the beer he had taken
had made him sleepy—but after a while he
woke, and found his wife still astir. He
watched her with no particular motive at
first, but at last her movements excited his
curiosity. She put on the dress and hat
which she had taken from the strange lady,
and seemed amused by her own appear-
ance in them. Then she looked towards
the bed, as if to ascertain if he were really
asleep, and as he pretended to be so, took
a candle and some matches, and left the
van. He was determined to follow her
something was up between her and the
;