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Out of her sphere - University Library

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CHAPTER IV.<br />

A BOLD GAME PLAYED IN VAIN.<br />

/^ LARE, once dulyinstalled by Mr. Harben<br />

^-^ in <strong>her</strong> master's room as nurse, set to<br />

work to fulfil <strong>her</strong> duties with due propriety.<br />

She set Deb to make the beef-tea, giving<br />

<strong>her</strong> strict directions as to its strength, ad-<br />

ministered the port wine, and the mixtures<br />

that Mr. Harben sent, just as he had de-<br />

sired <strong>her</strong>, and when she could do nothing-<br />

else, and <strong>her</strong> patient had dropped <strong>of</strong>f into<br />

an uneasy sleep, sat down by the window,<br />

and took up a little crochet edging, as the<br />

quietest employment for a sick chamber.<br />

Mr. Thornton had not been wandering since

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