Chapter I: Front Matter

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:

—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.

By Mary Johnston

HAGAR.

THE LONG ROLL. The first of two books dealing with the war between the States. With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.

CEASE FIRING. The second of two books dealing with the war between the States. With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.

LEWIS RAND. With Illustrations in color by F. C. YOHN.

AUDREY. With Illustrations in color by F. C. YOHN.

PRISONERS OF HOPE. With Frontispiece.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD. With 8 Illustrations by HOWARD PYLE, E. B. THOMPSON, A. W. BETTS, and EMLEN MCCONNELL.

THE GODDESS OF REASON. _A Drama._

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

THE WITCH

BY

MARY JOHNSTON

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

The Riverside Press Cambridge

1914

COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY MARY JOHNSTON

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

_Published October 1914_

CONTENTS

I. THE QUEEN’S CHAMBER 1

II. THE CAP AND BELLS 10

III. THE TWO PHYSICIANS 24

IV. THE ROSE TAVERN 37

V. THE ROAD TO HAWTHORN 54

VI. THE MAN WITH THE HAWK 69

VII. JOAN 82

VIII. THE SQUIRE’S BROTHER 97

IX. THE OAK GRANGE 109

X. IN HAWTHORN FOREST 124

XI. THE PLAGUE 136

XII. HERON’S COTTAGE 151

XIII. HAWTHORN CHURCH 165

XIV. NIGHT 176

XV. NEXT DAY 188

XVI. MASTER THOMAS CLEMENT 204

XVII. MOTHER SPURAWAY 218

XVIII. THE GAOL 235

XIX. ADERHOLD AND CARTHEW 246

XX. THE WITCH JUDGE 260

XXI. THE WITCH 272

XXII. ESCAPE 281

XXIII. THE ROAD TO THE PORT 298

XXIV. THE FARTHER ROAD 312

XXV. THE SILVER QUEEN 327

XXVI. THE OPEN BOAT 342

XXVII. THE ISLAND 351

XXVIII. FOUR YEARS 362

XXIX. THE SPANIARDS 376

XXX. THE ISLET 387

XXXI. THE HOUR-GLASS 404

XXXII. A JOURNEY 420

THE WITCH

THE WITCH