Chapter I: Front Matter

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE HOUSE OF MERRILEES
EXTON MANOR
THE ELDEST SON
THE SQUIRE'S DAUGHTER
THE HONOUR OF THE CLINTONS
THE GREATEST OF THESE
THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH
WATERMEADS
UPSIDONIA
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THE GRAFTONS
RICHARD BALDOCK
THE CLINTONS AND OTHERS

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ABINGTON ABBEY

A Novel

by

ARCHIBALD MARSHALL

New York Dodd, Mead and Company 1919

Copyright, 1917 By Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc.

TO MY DEAR LITTLE ELIZABETH

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I THE VERY HOUSE 1
II THE VICAR 15
III THE FIRST VISIT 27
IV NEIGHBOURS 41
V SETTLING IN 56
VI VISITORS 72
VII YOUNG GEORGE 90
VIII WHITSUNTIDE 104
IX CAROLINE AND BEATRIX 121
X A DRIVE AND A DINNER 136
XI CAROLINE 151
XII THE VICAR UNBURDENS HIMSELF 165
XIII A LETTER 181
XIV LASSIGNY 197
XV BEATRIX COMES HOME 214
XVI CLOUDS 228
XVII BUNTING TAKES ADVICE 245
XVIII TWO CONVERSATIONS 254
XIX MOLLIE WALTER 271
XX A MEET AT WILBOROUGH 287
XXI A FINE HUNTING MORNING 301
XXII ANOTHER AFFAIR 316
XXIII BERTIE AND MOLLIE 332
XXIV SUNDAY 348
XXV NEWS 364
XXVI THE LAST 378

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