One character in this work orders another to cut down the Great Tree of the family estate which will pass to her son, Groby.  
One character in this work orders another to cut down the Great Tree of the family estate which will pass to her son, Groby.  The protagonist of this work refuses leave to a Canadian soldier who he knows will be killed by his wife's lover if he returns and is reprimanded for getting his uniform dirty after digging himself and another man out after being covered in dirt by an explosion.  Edith Ethel Duchemin marries the protagonist's money-borrowing friend Macmaster, and after the protagonist returns from war, he finds his brother Mark paralyzed by a stroke.  In the end, the protagonist unites with Valentine Wannop as his wife Sylvia leaves him for General Campion.  Following Christopher Tietjens and including the novels Some Do NotÂ…, A Man Could Stand Up, and The Last Post, FTP, name this tetralogy by Ford Madox Ford.
One character in this work orders another to cut down the Great Tree of the family estate which will pass to her son, Groby.  
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