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Title: Great Possessions

Author: Mrs. Wilfrid Ward

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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