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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

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I.THE HALIGONIAN 3

II.MAY MORNING AT GRIMSTONE 16

III.LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS 25

IV.SALE AT DURRAS—GRETTA VAN LOWE39

V.DARK WATER-LILIES 48

VI.CHERRIES AT DAWN 57

VII.THE FOLLY OF SOLOMON69

VIII.JULY NIGHT AT GRIMSTONE 74

IX.SOLOMON IN HIS GLORY80

X.CHRISTMAS AT GRIMSTONE 94

XI.THE RILL IN THE WOOD115

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—DARBY213

VIII.THINGS THAT HE LEARNED 227

IX.JAMMERY 247

X.PEGLEG 259

XI.LOVE AMONG THE HUMMOCKS 274

XII.BUCKSKIN STRIKES HIS TENT285

TO

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY