But the thistledown was still as death, and the face of his old master.

Summer--summer--summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass! 1917





IN CHANCERY

Two households both alike in dignity,
From ancient grudge, break into new mutiny.
--Romeo and Juliet


TO JESSIE AND JOSEPH CONRAD




PART 1




CHAPTER I--AT TIMOTHY'S

The possessive instinct never stands still. Through florescence and
feud, frosts and fires, it followed the laws of progression even in
the Forsyte family which had believed it fixed for ever. Nor can it be