Contents. Book III.—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. (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. III.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCLVII
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE.
THE ATHELINGS
BOOK III.—WINTERBOURNE HALL
THE ATHELINGS.
BOOK III.—CHAPTER I.
AN OLD STORY.
“Now, mother,” said Charlie, “I’m in real earnest. My father would tellme himself if he were here. I want to understand the whole concern.”
Mrs Atheling and her son were in Charlie’s little room, with its onesmall lattice-window, overshadowed and embowered in leaves—its plainuncurtained