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Out of her sphere - University Library

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UNLUCKY A UDLEY DALE. 91<br />

He was so angry with everybody—Mrs.<br />

Thornton included—that he would not even<br />

allow <strong>her</strong> to be an involuntary agent in <strong>her</strong><br />

own disapjDearance. ''Nothing had hap-<br />

pened to <strong>her</strong> that day at the Fort/' he<br />

argued.<br />

" It was not to be supposed that<br />

she would have stayed t<strong>her</strong>e too long,<br />

knowing so well when the tide would come<br />

in. Besides, she could easily mount high<br />

enough to be out <strong>of</strong> danger. No, she<br />

•<br />

must have had a tiff with Thornton, which<br />

was not to be wondered at, and gone home<br />

to give him a fright— a stupid thing to do,<br />

on <strong>her</strong> own account, as she would find<br />

whenever she came back to Wearmouth,<br />

and sure to set people's tongues going.<br />

But why on earth could she not have<br />

managed better, so that they should not be<br />

set going about him T<br />

Of course Milly knew the story, <strong>her</strong><br />

mot<strong>her</strong>'s belief in <strong>her</strong> paradisiacal innocence<br />

notwithstanding. She coloured as he ques-

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