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\nAUTHOR OF  \n“THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE”  \nGod made mawpright;but they  \nhave somgt owt ay inventions  \n一Ecclesiastes vli 29  \nHARPER   BROTHERS PUBLISHERS  \nNEW YORK AND LONDON  \nM CM.XI II  \nALL STAGE,RECITATION,PUBLICATION,TRANSLATIONAND OTHER RIGHTS RESERVED.APPLICATIONSHOULD BE MADE TO MESSRS.HARPER&BROTHERS  \n\n| BooKS BY  \u003Cbr>CHARLES RANN KENNEDY  \u003Cbr>THE IdoL-BREAEER.Portrait.…………net 81.25  \u003Cbr>TaE SRVANT IN THE Hou8E.II'd………1.25  \u003Cbr>THE WINTERFEAST.I'd…………1.25  \u003Cbr>THE TERRIBLE ME区.Frontispiece……net 1.00  \u003Cbr>THE NECESSARY EvI   ……     .net 1.00  \u003Cbr>HARPER &BROTHERS,NEW YORK   |\n| --- |\n\ncoPYRIGHT,1913 BY CHARLES RANN KENNEDY.  \nPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAPUBLISHED FEBRUARY,1919  \nTO  \nN.A.  \n\"BECAUSE OF YOUR INNOCENCE—YOUR WHITESOUL.AND THEN ALSo,YOU ARE MY CHILD.NOT ONLY HIS:NOT ONLY YOUR MOTHER'S:BUTMINE:EVERYBODY'S:THE WORLD'S.YES,YOUSHALL BE THAT HENCEFORWARD,DOWNTHE DAYS.  \n“AND THAT 1s WHY YOU HAVE HAD TO HEARTHIS TERRIBLE THING.\"  \n# THENECESSARY EVIL\n\nAndante,largoe mesto  \nBRAEMS:Intermezzo:Op.Ix8,No.6  \n# THE SCENE\n\nTHE SITTING-ROOM IN JOHN HERON's HOUSE.Al-most the first thing to catch the eye is the portraitof a Woman.It is not merely the size of the pic-ture,not even the quality of the painting that at-tracts attention;but something in the woman her-self.Perhaps it is wistfulness,pathos;perhapsa deep,calm understanding;perhaps beauty.Shedominates this room like a presence,a spirit,themother of all the living things it holds.  \nOf these living things,there are books,music,inexpensive but good engravings,water-colours,allof them there apparently for use and enjoyment,notshow.Signs of refinement and limited income,forthose who can read the hieroglyphics of a room.  \nMan is about:pipes,ash-trays,a wholesomesmell of tobacco:perhaps also a little disorder.Something feminine,too.Flowers,little nicknacks,  \nneedle-work:things loved,looked after.A straight-ening-out of 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