possession or possession and necessity/obligation

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All. Would you say that the underlined example solely expresses possession, or does it express possession and necessity/obligation as the same time?

“Make your mind easy,” said Maitre Voigt. “No more of this now, and no thanks! Be here to-morrow morning, before the other clerk comes—between seven and eight. You will find me in this room; and I will myself initiate you in your work. Go away! go away! I have letters to write. I won’t hear a word more.”

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CalifJim · Accepted Answer

Anonymoussolely expresses possession

No.

Anonymouspossession and necessity/obligation [at] the same time?

No, but see comment below.

Only necessity/obligation? Yes.
You can't possess things that don't exist. The letters haven't been written yet. They don't exist.

The only sense in which possession plays into it is the "possession" of the obligation to write the letters. In this wider sense of possession, the underlined sentence does express possession and necessity/obligation at the same time.

CJ

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