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  By Mary Johnston

  HAGAR.

  THE LONG ROLL. The first of two books dealing with the war between the States. With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.

  CEASE FIRING. The second of two books dealing with the war between the States. With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.

  LEWIS RAND. With Illustrations in color by F. C. YOHN.

  AUDREY. With Illustrations in color by F. C. YOHN.

  PRISONERS OF HOPE. With Frontispiece.

  TO HAVE AND TO HOLD. With 8 Illustrations by HOWARD PYLE, E. B. THOMPSON, A. W. BETTS, and EMLEN MCCONNELL.

  THE GODDESS OF REASON. _A Drama._

  HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

  BOSTON AND NEW YORK

  (p. 154)“GOOD-BYE, MISTRESS FRIENDLY-SOUL!”]

  THE WITCH

  BY

  MARY JOHNSTON

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  BOSTON AND NEW YORK

  HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

  The Riverside Press Cambridge

  1914

  COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY MARY JOHNSTON

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

  _Published October 1914_

  CONTENTS

  I. THE QUEEN’S CHAMBER 1

  II. THE CAP AND BELLS 10

  III. THE TWO PHYSICIANS 24

  IV. THE ROSE TAVERN 37

  V. THE ROAD TO HAWTHORN 54

  VI. THE MAN WITH THE HAWK 69

  VII. JOAN 82

  VIII. THE SQUIRE’S BROTHER 97

  IX. THE OAK GRANGE 109

  X. IN HAWTHORN FOREST 124

  XI. THE PLAGUE 136

  XII. HERON’S COTTAGE 151

  XIII. HAWTHORN CHURCH 165

  XIV. NIGHT 176

  XV. NEXT DAY 188

  XVI. MASTER THOMAS CLEMENT 204

  XVII. MOTHER SPURAWAY 218

  XVIII. THE GAOL 235

  XIX. ADERHOLD AND CARTHEW 246

  XX. THE WITCH JUDGE 260

  XXI. THE WITCH 272

  XXII. ESCAPE 281

  XXIII. THE ROAD TO THE PORT 298

  XXIV. THE FARTHER ROAD 312

  XXV. THE SILVER QUEEN 327

  XXVI. THE OPEN BOAT 342

  XXVII. THE ISLAND 351

  XXVIII. FOUR YEARS 362

  XXIX. THE SPANIARDS 376

  XXX. THE ISLET 387

  XXXI. THE HOUR-GLASS 404

  XXXII. A JOURNEY 420

  THE WITCH

  THE WITCH