E-text prepared by Annie McGuire from scanned images of public domain material generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com/) Note: Images of the original pages are available through the the Google Books Library Project. See http://books.google.com/books?vid=TehT2x29dX0C&id ABINGTON ABBEY * * * * * 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 ABINGTON ABBEY THE GRAFTONS RICHARD BALDOCK THE CLINTONS AND OTHERS * * * * * ABINGTON ABBEY A Novel by ARCHIBALD MARSHALL [Illustration] 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 ABINGTON ABBEY CHAPTER I THE VERY HOUSE "I believe I've got the very house, Cara."