BOOK II CHAPTER I. THE WILLOWS.
CHAPTER II. AN EMBARRASSING COMPANION.
CHAPTER III. SOCIETY.
CHAPTER IV. MAKING FRIENDS.
CHAPTER V. CONFIDENTIAL.
CHAPTER VI. THREE FRIENDS.
CHAPTER VII. A TERRIBLE EVENT.
CHAPTER VIII. AN EXPLANATION.
CHAPTER IX. AN EXPERIMENT.
CHAPTER X. GOING HOME.
CHAPTER XI. HOME.
CHAPTER XII. A NEW ERA.
CHAPTER XIII. THE OLD WOOD LODGE.
CHAPTER XIV. WITHIN AND WITHOUT.
CHAPTER XV. THE PARLOUR.
CHAPTER XVI. WINTERBOURNE.
CHAPTER XVII. THE CLERGY.
CHAPTER XVIII. A NEW FRIEND.
CHAPTER XIX. GOSSIP.
CHAPTER XX. RACHEL.
CHAPTER XXI. THE YOUNG PRINCE.
CHAPTER XXII. A BEGINNING.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
CHAPTER XXIV. A MEETING.
CHAPTER XXV. THE BREWING OF THE STORM.
CHAPTER XXVI. A CRISIS.
CHAPTER XXVII. CLOUDS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE REV. LIONEL RIVERS.
CHAPTER XXIX. CHARLIE.
CHAPTER XXX. A CONSULTATION.
CHAPTER XXXI. CHARLIE'S MISSION.
CHAPTER XXXII. SEARCH.
CHAPTER XXXIII. DOUBTS AND FEARS.
CHAPTER XXXIV. SOME PROGRESS.
CHAPTER XXXV. A GREAT DISCOVERY.
Contents. Book I.—Chapter I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI., XXII., XXIII., XXIV., XXV., XXVI., XXVII., XXVIII., XXIX., XXX., XXXI., XXXII., XXXIII., XXXIV., XXXV. |
THE ATHELINGS
OR
THE THREE GIFTS
BY MARGARET OLIPHANT
“I’ the cave wherein they bow, their thoughts do hit
The roofs of palaces; and nature prompts them,
In simple and low things, to prince it much
Beyond the trick of others.”
CYMBELINE
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. II.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCLVII
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE.
THE ATHELINGS
BOOK II.—THE OLD WOOD LODGE
THE ATHELINGS.