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46 OUT OF ITER SPHERE.<br />

No ;<br />

she need not have been so alarmed.<br />

Mr. Thornton was not only living, but<br />

awake. Anot<strong>her</strong> look told <strong>her</strong> that he<br />

might possibly not live long, and that the<br />

waking was very far removed from con-<br />

sciousness. His eyes were wide open, but<br />

they saw nothing, and the head which had<br />

been so corpse-like last night was now<br />

moving restlessly to and fro on the pillow,<br />

and the hands plucking nervously at the<br />

counterpane. She spoke to him, but re-<br />

ceived no answer. He was clearly not<br />

aware <strong>of</strong> <strong>her</strong> presence. '' Fever," said<br />

Clare. " I wonder if he'll be delirious T<br />

She made up <strong>her</strong> mind that if he did<br />

become so she would nurse him. Whatever<br />

was to be gat<strong>her</strong>ed from his ravings no-<br />

body but <strong>her</strong>self should gat<strong>her</strong>, unless<br />

she saw fit to let them share the know-<br />

ledge. Then she went down, and told<br />

Deb Mr. Thornton was ill, and, despatching<br />

<strong>her</strong> at once for a medical man, went back

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