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28 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

" She would hardly wait for me," he<br />

thought ; ''it would scarcely be prudent.<br />

The old place will soon be covered below<br />

still she may be t<strong>her</strong>e ;<br />

I will go inside and<br />

look. It will be just my luck if, after all,<br />

she has gone home thoroughly angry. I<br />

wonder when I shall have the chance <strong>of</strong><br />

giving <strong>her</strong> an explanation."<br />

He looked around, he went up the old<br />

stone stairs, but Mrs. Thornton was not to<br />

be seen. Only, in the upper portion <strong>of</strong> the<br />

tower he caught sight <strong>of</strong> a small lace hand-<br />

kerchief she sometimes wore round <strong>her</strong><br />

neck. He picked it up :<br />

"I<br />

hope this will<br />

make my peace with <strong>her</strong> to-morrow. She<br />

has evidently been <strong>her</strong>e, and gone home<br />

disgusted. Confound that old Clissold !<br />

What on earth made him pitch upon to-day<br />

for a parade ?"<br />

Down he went, out <strong>of</strong> humour with him-<br />

self and everything beside. The damp,<br />

slippery stairs were so many sources <strong>of</strong>

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