Chapter I: Front Matter

THE PRIDE OF EVE

By

WARWICK DEEPING
_Author of “Sorrell and Son,” etc._

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD
London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney

First published _September 1914_
Popular Edition _September 1926_
3s. 6d. Edition _June 1928_

_Printed in Great Britain_

CONTENTS—PART I

CHAPTER PAGE

1. THE COMING OF GUINEVERE 1
2. LYNETTE FEEDS THE FAIRIES 11
3. GUINEVERE HAS HER PORTRAIT PAINTED 25
4. THE IMPORTUNATE BEGGAR 32
5. EVE ENTERS THE WILDERNESS 40
6. WOMEN OF VIRTUE 48
7. CANTERTON PURSUES MRS. BROCKLEBANK 56
8. LYNETTE TAKES TO PAINTING 65
9. LIFE AT FERNHILL 71
10. TEA IN THE WILDERNESS 80
11. LATIMER 86
12. A WEEK’S DISCOVERY 95
13. A MAN IN THE MOONLIGHT 104
14. MRS. CARFAX FINISHES HER KNITTING 111
15. LYNETTE PUTS ON BLACK 119
16. JAMES CANTERTON AWAKES 127
17. LYNETTE INTERPOSES 134
18. EVE SPEAKS OUT 138
19. AN HOUR IN THE FIR WOODS 143
20. NIGHT AND A CHILD 146
21. THE WOMAN’S EYES IN THE EYES OF A CHILD 152

CONTENTS—PART II

22. BOSNIA ROAD 159
23. LIFE AND LETTERS 165
24. EVE’S SENSE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF LIFE 173
25. HUGH MASSINGER, ESQ. 180
26. KATE DUVEEN GOES ABROAD 190
27. THE BOURGEOIS OF CLARENDON ROAD 195
28. CANTERTON’S COTTAGE AND MISS CHAMPION’S MORALITY 203
29. EARNING A LIVING 211
30. MORE EXPERIENCES 221
31. THE BOURGEOIS PLAYS THE GENTLEMAN 227
32. EVE DETERMINES TO LEAVE BOSNIA ROAD 233
33. WOMAN’S WAR 240
34. EVE PURSUES EXPERIENCE 247
35. THE SUFFRAGETTE 257
36. PALLAS 269
37. ADVENTURES 281
38. THE MAN WITH THE MOTOR 291
39. LYNETTE 303
40. WHAT THEY SAID TO EACH OTHER 308
41. CAMPING IN THE FIR WOODS 316
42. NATURE SMILES 326
43. EVE COMES TO HERSELF 333
44. THE NIGHT DRIVE 339
45. GERTRUDE CANTERTON CAUSES AN ANTI-CLIMAX 345
46. LYNETTE APPROVES 350

THE PRIDE OF EVE