The Battle Ground
Ellen Glasgow The Battle Ground Table of Contents
The Battle Ground...... 1 Ellen Glasgow...... 1 BOOK FIRST. GOLDEN YEARS...... 2 I. DE HINE FOOT ER A HE FRAWG ...... 2 II. AT THE FULL OF THE MOON...... 8 III. THE COMING OF THE BOY...... 14 IV. A HOUSE WITH AN OPEN DOOR...... 21 V. THE SCHOOL FOR GENTLEMEN...... 25 VI. COLLEGE DAYS...... 31 BOOK SECOND. YOUNG BLOOD...... 39 I. THE MAJOR'S CHRISTMAS...... 39 II. BETTY DREAMS BY THE FIRE...... 47 III. DAN AND BETTY...... 50 IV. LOVE IN A MAZE...... 56 V. THE MAJOR LOSES HIS TEMPER...... 63 VI. THE MEETING IN THE TURNPIKE...... 68 VII. IF THIS BE LOVE...... 73 VIII. BETTY'S UNBELIEF...... 80 IX. THE MONTJOY BLOOD...... 86 X. THE ROAD AT MIDNIGHT...... 93 XI. AT MERRY OAKS TAVERN...... 96 XII. THE NIGHT OF FEAR...... 102 XIII. CRABBED AGE AND CALLOW YOUTH...... 106 XIV. THE HUSH BEFORE THE STORM...... 113 BOOK THIRD. THE SCHOOL OF WAR...... 119 I. HOW MERRY GENTLEMEN WENT TO WAR...... 119 II. THE DAY'S MARCH...... 123 III. THE REIGN OF THE BRUTE...... 127 IV. AFTER THE BATTLE...... 131 V. THE WOMAN'S PART...... 135 VI. ON THE ROAD TO ROMNEY...... 139 VII. I WAIT MY TIME ...... 143 VIII. THE ALTAR OF THE WAR GOD...... 147 IX. THE MONTJOY BLOOD AGAIN...... 151 BOOK FOURTH. THE RETURN OF THE VANQUISHED...... 154 I. THE RAGGED ARMY...... 154 II. A STRAGGLER FROM THE RANKS...... 159 III. THE CABIN IN THE WOODS...... 164 IV. IN THE SILENCE OF THE GUNS...... 170 V. THE PLACE THEREOF ...... 175 VI. THE PEACEFUL SIDE OF WAR...... 178 VII. THE SILENT BATTLE...... 183 VIII. THE LAST STAND...... 188 IX. IN THE HOUR OF DEFEAT...... 193 X. ON THE MARCH AGAIN...... 198 XI. THE RETURN...... 202
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• BOOK FIRST. GOLDEN YEARS
• I. DE HINE FOOT ER A HE FRAWG • II. AT THE FULL OF THE MOON • III. THE COMING OF THE BOY • IV. A HOUSE WITH AN OPEN DOOR • V. THE SCHOOL FOR GENTLEMEN • VI. COLLEGE DAYS
• BOOK SECOND. YOUNG BLOOD
• I. THE MAJOR'S CHRISTMAS • II. BETTY DREAMS BY THE FIRE • III. DAN AND BETTY • IV. LOVE IN A MAZE • V. THE MAJOR LOSES HIS TEMPER • VI. THE MEETING IN THE TURNPIKE • VII. IF THIS BE LOVE • VIII. BETTY'S UNBELIEF • IX. THE MONTJOY BLOOD • X. THE ROAD AT MIDNIGHT • XI. AT MERRY OAKS TAVERN • XII. THE NIGHT OF FEAR • XIII. CRABBED AGE AND CALLOW YOUTH • XIV. THE HUSH BEFORE THE STORM
• BOOK THIRD. THE SCHOOL OF WAR
• I. HOW MERRY GENTLEMEN WENT TO WAR • II. THE DAY'S MARCH • III. THE REIGN OF THE BRUTE • IV. AFTER THE BATTLE • V. THE WOMAN'S PART • VI. ON THE ROAD TO ROMNEY • VII. I WAIT MY TIME • VIII. THE ALTAR OF THE WAR GOD • IX. THE MONTJOY BLOOD AGAIN
• BOOK FOURTH. THE RETURN OF THE VANQUISHED
• I. THE RAGGED ARMY • II. A STRAGGLER FROM THE RANKS
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• III. THE CABIN IN THE WOODS • IV. IN THE SILENCE OF THE GUNS • V. THE PLACE THEREOF • VI. THE PEACEFUL SIDE OF WAR • VII. THE SILENT BATTLE • VIII. THE LAST STAND • IX. IN THE HOUR OF DEFEAT • X. ON THE MARCH AGAIN • XI. THE RETURN
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The Beloved Memory of My Mother BOOK FIRST. GOLDEN YEARS
I. DE HINE FOOT ER A HE FRAWG
Toward the close of an early summer afternoon, a little girl came running along the turnpike to where a boy stood wriggling his feet in the dust.