Chapter I: Front Matter

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POSSESSION

MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
LONDON • BOMBAY • CALCUTTA • MADRAS
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK • BOSTON • CHICAGO
DALLAS • SAN FRANCISCO

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.
TORONTO

_POSSESSION_

BY
MAZO DE LA ROCHE

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON
1923

COPYRIGHT
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

CONTENTS

PART I
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE HALIGONIAN - - - - - - 3
II. MAY MORNING AT GRIMSTONE - - - - 16
III. LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS - - - - - 25
IV. SALE AT DURRAS—GRETTA VAN LOWE - - - 39
V. DARK WATER-LILIES - - - - - 48
VI. CHERRIES AT DAWN - - - - - 57
VII. THE FOLLY OF SOLOMON - - - - - 69
VIII. JULY NIGHT AT GRIMSTONE - - - - 74
IX. SOLOMON IN HIS GLORY - - - - - 80
X. CHRISTMAS AT GRIMSTONE - - - - 94
XI. THE RILL IN THE WOOD - - - - - 115
XII. THE WIND OUT OF WINDMILL’S SAILS - - 123

PART II

I. AN EAR-RING UPON THE EAR OF THE GUILTY - 137
II. HUBBUB AT GRIMSTONE - - - - - 148
III. “FOR SUCH PERSONS——” - - - - - 162
IV. DULCE DOMUM - - - - - - 179
V. EDMUND - - - - - - - 193
VI. SWEET APPLES ON A RUSTIC SEAT - - - 201
VII. SALE AT DURRAS—DARBY - - - - - 213
VIII. THINGS THAT HE LEARNED - - - - 227
IX. JAMMERY - - - - - - - 247
X. PEGLEG - - - - - - - 259
XI. LOVE AMONG THE HUMMOCKS - - - - 274
XII. BUCKSKIN STRIKES HIS TENT - - - - 285

TO

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY