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316 OVT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

way now to getting on in the career for<br />

which I am most fitted, at last. Besides,<br />

IVe engaged myself to Mr. Harrup for the<br />

next six months ; he has taken the theatre<br />

<strong>her</strong>e on the strength <strong>of</strong> my playing the<br />

leading parts, and after his giving me a<br />

home when I was homeless, shelter and<br />

help when I needed them the most, I<br />

should be almost as false as my husband<br />

thought me, if I were to leave him now."<br />

Temple Masters thought she was in the<br />

right. At any rate, let <strong>her</strong> remain w<strong>her</strong>e<br />

she was, till <strong>her</strong> husband was convinced <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>her</strong> innocence. In his present state, the<br />

very sight <strong>of</strong> <strong>her</strong> face might prove dan-<br />

gerous. He went back the next day to<br />

Wearmouth, and his first visit was to St.<br />

Hilda Rectory. Clare came down stairs<br />

to meet him.<br />

*' Sinking fast!" she said, with a little irre-<br />

pressible triumph in <strong>her</strong> tones.<br />

" He can't<br />

last till the morning, Mr. Harben says."

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