# Eva Maynard — In the Midst of Life character guide

> Eva Maynard in In the Midst of Life by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Eva

**First appearance:** 0065-a-lady-from-redhorse

## Snapshot

A cultivated woman overheard in moonlit woods, threatened by a man who will not disavow murder, and the next morning seated quietly across the breakfast table.

## Who they are

Eva's voice—angry, impetuous, unmistakably a lady's—rises through the twilight against a man's rich, musical tones that promise she and another will suffer if she does not let things remain as they are. The eavesdropper sees her sink to her knees in supplication before the figures vanish like an uncertain element leavened into unreality. When she appears at the Brownville House breakfast the next morning, the ordinary setting collides with the menace of the night before, and the reader is left to decide which scene was real.

## Relationships

### [Richard Benning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/characters/richard_benning)

_romantic_

Eva and Richard are lovers, with their frequent interactions indicating a passionate and possibly tragic romance.

## In the story

### [An Adventure at Brownville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/an-adventure-at-brownville)

A captivating and enigmatic woman who confesses her love for Richard Benning despite believing he murdered her sister.

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