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48 OUT OF HER SPHERE.<br />

more co<strong>her</strong>ently. Clare stopped in lier<br />

ministrations to listen, and this was pretty<br />

well what she heard<br />

" What else could I do ? How was life<br />

possible for eit<strong>her</strong> <strong>of</strong> us ? Yes, the tide is<br />

coming in fast—faster still. It will soon<br />

carry us both away into eternity. That is<br />

best. I could not go and leave <strong>her</strong> t<strong>her</strong>e<br />

alone. How could she bear it, poor frail<br />

thing, without me to sustain <strong>her</strong> ? The<br />

jsoul that sinneth it shall surely die. But<br />

it will not be the soul, <strong>her</strong>e—surely—after<br />

this dark passage t<strong>her</strong>e will be peace and<br />

safety in the ot<strong>her</strong> world—a new life to be-<br />

gin afresh when the sinful flesh can tempt no<br />

more. God will not slay <strong>her</strong> utterly. Hewdll<br />

give His pardon even in the eleventh hour."<br />

Then Clare guessed dimly what had<br />

taken place. Something <strong>of</strong> a sullen satis-<br />

faction pervaded <strong>her</strong> soul, overmastering its<br />

first instinctive horror, and yet she felt a<br />

little disappointed. This revenge was too

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