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Title: Mary Marston

Author: George MacDonald

Posting Date: August 23, 2010 [EBook #8201]
Release Date: June, 2005
First Posted: July 1, 2003

Language: English

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Sutherland and the DP Team

MARY MARSTON

A NOVEL.

BY

GEORGE MACDONALD

AUTHOR OF "ANNALS OF A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD," "ROBERT FALCONER," ETC.,
ETC.

CONTENTS.

I.--THE SHOP
II.--CUSTOMERS
III.--THE ARBOR AT THORNWICK
IV.--GODFREY WARDOUR
V.--GODFREY AND LETTY
VI.--TOM HELMER
VII.--DURNMELLING
VIII.--THE OAK
IX.--CONFUSION
X.--THE HEATH AND THE HUT
XI.--WILLIAM MARSTON
XII.--MARY'S DREAM
XIII.--THE HUMAN SACRIFICE
XIV.--UNGENEROUS BENEVOLENCE
XV.--THE MOONLIGHT
XVI.--THE MORNING
XVII.--THE RESULT
XVIII.--MARY AND GODFREY
XIX.--MARY IN THE SHOP
XX.--THE WEDDING-DRESS
XXI.--MR. REDMAIN
XXII.--MRS. REDMAIN
XXIII.--THE MENIAL
XXIV.--MRS. REDMAIN'S DRAWING-ROOM
XXV.--MARY'S RECEPTION
XXVI.--HER POSITION
XXVII.--MR. AND MRS. HELMER
XXVIII.--MARY AND LETTY
XXIX.--THE EVENING STAR
XXX.--A SCOLDING
XXXI.--SEPIA
XXXII.--HONOR
XXXIII.--TUB INVITATION
XXXIV.--A STRAY SOUND
XXXV.--THE MUSICIAN
XXXVI.--A CHANGE
XXXVII.--LYDGATE STREET
XXXVIII.--GODFREY AND LETTY
XXXIX.--RELIEF
XL.--GODFREY AND SEPIA
XLI-THE HELPER
XLII-THE LEPER
XLIII.--MARY AND MR. REDMAIN
XLIV.--JOSEPH JASPER
XLV.--THE SAPPHIRE
XLVI.--REPARATION
XLVII.--ANOTHER CHANGE
XLVIII.--DISSOLUTION
XLIX.--THORNWICK
L.--WILLIAM AND MARY MARSTON
LI.--A HARD TASK
LII.--A SUMMONS
LIII.--A FRIEND IN NEED
LIV.--THE NEXT NIGHT
LV.--DISAPPEARANCE
LVI.--A CATASTROPHE
LVII.--THE END OF THE BEGINNING

CHAPTER I

THE SHOP

It was an evening early in May. The sun was low, and the street was
mottled with the shadows of its paving-stones--smooth enough, but far
from evenly set. The sky was clear, except for