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THE IMMORTAL MOMENT




Books by

MAY SINCLAIR

  The Helpmate
  The Divine Fire
  Two Sides of a Question
  Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson
  Etc., etc.




[Illustration: "Kitty's face... pleaded with the other face in the
glass."]




THE IMMORTAL MOMENT

The Story of Kitty Tailleur

_By_

MAY SINCLAIR

ILLUSTRATED AND DECORATED BY

C. COLES PHILLIPS.

  NEW YORK
  DOUBLEDAY PAGE & CO.
  1908




COPYRIGHT, 1908 BY

MAY SINCLAIR

PUBLISHED, OCTOBER, 1908

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
  INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING
  THE SCANDINAVIAN




PUBLISHERS' NOTE

  THIS STORY APPEARS IN ENGLAND
  UNDER THE TITLE "KITTY TAILLEUR"




ILLUSTRATIONS


  "Kitty's face... pleaded with the other face
  in the glass"                                      FRONTISPIECE

  "She stood there, strangely still... before the
  pitiless stare that went up to her appealing face"           10

  "'You won't be tied to me a minute longer than
  you like'"                                                  208

  "'I want to make you loathe me... never see me
  again'"                                                     268




[Illustration: THE IMMORTAL MOMENT]




THE IMMORTAL MOMENT

CHAPTER I


They came into the hotel dining-room like young persons making their
first entry into life. They carried themselves