TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. —Bold text has been rendered as =bold text=. —Superscript letters have been rendered as a^b and a^{bc}. EVE A Novel BY THE REV. S. BARING GOULD AUTHOR OF ‘JOHN HERRING’ ‘MEHALAH’ ‘RED SPIDER’ ETC. [Illustration: LOGO] 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