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Title: The Brimming Cup

Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Release Date: February 7, 2005 [EBook #14957]

Language: English

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THE BRIMMING CUP

_Dorothy Canfield_

HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY NEW YORK

1919

_By the same author_

THE SQUIRREL-CAGE
A MONTESSORI MOTHER
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
HILLSBORO PEOPLE
THE BENT TWIG
THE REAL MOTIVE
FELLOW CAPTAINS
(_With Sarah N. Cleghorn_)
UNDERSTOOD BETSY
HOME FIRES IN FRANCE
THE DAY OF GLORY
THE BRIMMING CUP
ROUGH-HEWN
RAW MATERIAL
THE HOME-MAKER
MADE-TO-ORDER STORIES
HER SON'S WIFE
WHY STOP LEARNING?
THE DEEPENING STREAM
BASQUE PEOPLE
FABLES FOR PARENTS
SEASONED TIMBER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER Page
I. PRELUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
II. INTERLUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

_PART ONE_

III. OLD MR. WELLES AND YOUNG MR. MARSH. 29
IV. TABLE TALK. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
V. A LITTLE GIRL AND HER MOTHER. . . . 64
VI. THINGS TAKE THEIR COURSE. . . . . . 80
VII. THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS . . . . . 91
VIII. WHAT GOES ON INSIDE . . . . . . . . 115
IX. THE GENT AROUND THE LADY. . . . . . 130
X. AT THE MILL . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

_PART TWO_

XI. IN AUNT HETTY'S GARDEN. . . . . . . 179
XII. HEARD FROM THE STUDY. . . . . . . . 199
XIII. ALONG THE EAGLE ROCK BROOK. . . . . 215
XIV. BESIDE THE ONION-BED. . . . . . . . 224
XV. HOME-LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
XVI. MASSAGE-CREAM; THEME AND VARIATIONS 256
XVII. THE SOUL OF NELLY POWERS. . . . . . 266

_PART THREE_

XVIII. BEFORE THE DAWN . . . . . . . . . . 279
XIX. MR. WELLES LIGHTS THE FUSE. . . . . 285
XX. A PRIMAEVAL HERITAGE. . . . . . . . 294
XXI. THE COUNSEL OF THE STARS. . . . . . 302
XXII. EUGENIA DOES WHAT SHE CAN . . . . . 309
XXIII. MARISE LOOKS DOWN ON THE ST