"Its in my mind to put an end to this heathen wickedness thats stalking abroad through Gillenham. Its in my mind to terrify that evil man from his morrows sinful doings.""Well be going to Old Manor, then?""Not yet," said Mrs. Pye grimly. "We go first to the village. To rouse the women . . ."Professor Pounce arrives in the idyllic village of Gillenham, along with his sisterinlaw, his nephew Nicholas, and Carmen, his voluptuous assistant, in singleminded pursuit of the Stone of Chastity, a stepping stone in the local stream reputed to trip up impure women. His interest is coldbloodedly scientific, but his researches, including putting the village women to the test and documenting the results, are taken rather more personally by some, including the Vicars wife, who enlists the Boy Scouts to help suppress his efforts, and stern Mrs. Pye, possessed with the soul of an inquisitor. Ultimately, its young Nicholas who must try to assuage the villagers outrage, all the while coping with the repercussions of his own amorous impulses.The Stone of Chastity, first published in 1940 and inexplicably out of print for decades, is perhaps the deftest (and daftest) of Margery Sharps many dazzling, witty social comedies.Miss Margery Sharps witticisms lift the otherwise flat and unprofitable life of the village of Gillenham to the level of a bubbling champagneglass full of laughter New York Times

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