The Spoils of PoyntonBy: Henry James Mrs Gereth is convinced that Fleda Vetch would make the perfect daughter in law. Only the dreamy, highly strung young woman can genuinely appreciate, and perhaps eventually share, Mrs Gereth's passion for her 'things' the antique treasures she has amassed at Poynton Park in the south of England. Owen Gereth, however, has inconveniently become engaged to the uncultured Mona Brigstock. As a dramatic family quarrel unfolds, the hesitating