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Title: The Judgment of Eve

Author: May Sinclair

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THE JUDGMENT OF EVE

by

MAY SINCLAIR

Author of "The Divine Fire"

Illustrated

[Illustration: "Arthur lay at her feet and read aloud to her"]

New York and London
Harper & Brothers Publishers
MCMVIII
Copyright, 1907, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Published March, 1908.

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Arthur lay at her feet and read aloud to her"

"'John,' she said, suddenly, 'did you ever kill a pig?'"

"Over their cocoa he developed his theory of life"

"'Quack, quack!' said Arthur, and it made the baby nearly choke with
laughter"

"She listened without a scruple, justified by her motherhood"

"'Now, isn't it a pity for you to be going, dearie?'"

"'There isn't an unsweet, unsound spot in one of them'"

"Thoughts came to him, terrible thoughts"

THE JUDGMENT OF EVE

"'I saw a ship a-sailing, a-sailing on the sea'"--_Nursery Rhyme_.

I

It was market-day in Queningford. Aggie Purcell was wondering whether Mr.
Hurst would look in that afternoon at the Laurels as he had looked in on
other market-days. Supposing he did, and supposing Mr. Gatty were to look
in, too, why then, Aggie said, it would be rather awkward. But whether
awkward for herself, or for Mr. Gatty, or Mr. Hurst, or for all three of
them together, Aggie was unable to explain to her own satisfaction or her
mother's.

In Quenin