Chapter I: Front Matter

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EVE

A Novel

BY THE

REV. S. BARING GOULD

AUTHOR OF
‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’
ETC.

London

CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY

1891

PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
LONDON

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. MORWELL 1

II. THE LITTLE MOTHER 9

III. THE WHISH-HUNT 16

IV. EVE’S RING 22

V. THE LIMPING HORSE 31

VI. A BUNDLE OF CLOTHES 35

VII. A NIGHT-WATCH 44

VIII. BAB 51

IX. THE POCKET-BOOK 57

X. BARBARA’S PETITION 65

XI. GRANTED! 71

XII. CALLED AWAY 80

XIII. MR. BABB AT HOME 86

XIV. A SINE QUÂ NON 93

XV. AT THE QUAY 100

XVI. WATT 107

XVII. FORGET-ME-NOT! 113

XVIII. DISCOVERIES 121

XIX. BARBARA’S RING 127

XX. PERPLEXITY 132

XXI. THE SCYTHE OF TIME 138

XXII. THE RED STREAK 146

XXIII. A BUNCH OF ROSES 152

XXIV. WHERE THEY WITHERED 159

XXV. LEAH AND RACHEL 165

XXVI. AN IMP OF DARKNESS 172

XXVII. POOR MARTIN 179

XXVIII. FATHER AND SON 186

XXIX. HUSH-MONEY 193

XXX. BETRAYAL 199

XXXI. CALLED TO ACCOUNT 205

XXXII. WANDERING LIGHTS 212

XXXIII. THE OWLS 219

XXXIV. THE DOVES 226

XXXV. THE ALARM BELL 232

XXXVI. CONFESSIONS 239

XXXVII. THE PIPE OF PEACE 246

XXXVIII. TAKEN! 251

XXXIX. GONE! 258

XL. ANOTHER SACRIFICE 265

XLI. ANOTHER MISTAKE 271

XLII. ENGAGED 277

XLIII. IN A MINE 283

XLIV. TUCKERS 290

XLV. DUCK AND GREEN PEAS 296

XLVI. ‘PRECIOSA’ 302

XLVII. NOAH’S ARK 308

XLVIII. IN PART 316

XLIX. THE OLD GUN 322

L. BY THE FIRE 328

LI. A SHOT 334

LII. THE WHOLE 340

LIII. BY LANTERN-LIGHT 347

LIV. ANOTHER LOAD 354

LV. WHAT EVERY FOOL KNOWS 357

EVE.