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]
[PARTONE]
[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]
[PARTTWO]
[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 ANDVARIATIONS][256]
[XVII.][THE SOUL OF NELLY POWERS][266]
[PARTTHREE]
[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 THESTARS][323]
[PARTFOUR]
[XXIV.][NEALE'S RETURN][331]
[XXV.][MARISE'S COMING-OF-AGE][338]
[XXVI.][MARISE LOOKS AND SEES WHAT ISTHERE][360]
[XXVII.][THE FALL OF THE BIG PINE][367]
[XXVIII.][TWO GOOD-BYES][380]
[XXIX.][VIGNETTES FROM HOME-LIFE][390]

THE BRIMMING CUP

CHAPTER I