Out of her sphere - University Library

A COOL RECEPTION.
to enter into a correspondence till their en-
gagement was avowed. No doubt he should
find Mrs. Thornton at the Eectory when he
paid his first morning call there.
He came back to Wearmouth in good
spirits. He was a little disquieted about
Clare, but not seriously so. No doubt she
would do her worst, and, even though Mrs
Thornton had secured his letters, the other
might still be able to cause him serious an-
noyance. He had had half a mind to write
to Temple Masters and tell him how things
stood now, but writing on such a subject
was necessarily unpleasant, recalling, as
every word would do, his past folly ;
there-
fore he resolved to postpone the doing so
till he saw further occasion. " And come
the worst to the worst," he said to himself,
"people will only set me down as a fool,
and I think Milly's fond enough of me to
overlook even that."
He called at Beechside the morning after