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. (etext transcriber's note) |
THE ATHELINGS
OR
THE THREE GIFTS
BY MARGARET OLIPHANT
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. I.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCLVII
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE.{1}
THE ATHELINGS
BOOK I.—BELLEVUE
THE ATHELINGS.
BOOK I.—CHAPTER I.
IN THE STREET.
One of them is very pretty—you can see that at a glance: under thesimple bonnet, and through the thin little veil, which throws no cloudupon its beauty, shines the sweetest girl’s face imaginable. It is onlyeighteen years old, and not at all of the heroical cast, but itbrightens like a passing sunbeam through all the so