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Title: Great Possessions
Author: Mrs. Wilfrid Ward
Release Date: March 8, 2006 [eBook #17952]
Language: English
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GREAT POSSESSIONS
by
MRS. WILFRID WARD
Author of
"One Poor Scruple," "Out of Due Time," etc.
G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1909
Copyright, 1909
by
G. P. Putnam's Sons
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
CONTENTS
BOOK I
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE AMAZING WILL 1
II. IN THE EVENING 13
III. "AS YOU HOPE TO BE FORGIVEN" 21
IV. THE WICKED WOMAN IN FLORENCE 32
V. "YOUR MOTHER'S DAUGHTER" 42
VI. MOLLY COMES OF AGE 55
VII. EDMUND GROSSE CONTINUES TO INTERFERE 68
VIII. AT GROOMBRIDGE CASTLE 78
IX. A LITTLE MORE THAN KIND 91
X. THE PET VICE 98
XI. THE THIN END OF A CLUE 109
XII. MOLLY'S NIGHT-WATCH 120
XIII. SIR DAVID'S MEMORY 126
BOOK II
XIV. MOLLY IN THE SEASON 136
XV. A POOR MAN'S DEATH 151
XVI. MOLLY'S LETTER TO HER MOTHER 165
XVII. THE BLIND CANON 173
XVIII. MADAME DANTERRE'S ANSWER 180
XIX. LADY ROSE'S SCRUPLE 187
XX. THE HEIRESS OF MADAME DANTERRE 194
BOOK III
XXI. AN INTERLUDE OF HAPPINESS 213
XXII. SOMETHING LIKE EVIDENCE 220
XXIII. THE USES OF DELIRIUM 231
XXIV. MRS. DELAPOR
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