Copyright, 1898,
By Dodd, Mead and Company.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.
| CONTENTS | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Athelings | [1] |
| II | Cecil and Edgar | [23] |
| III | The Lord of Exham | [42] |
| IV | The Dawn of Love | [66] |
| V | Annabel Vyner | [81] |
| VI | The Beginning of the Great Struggle | [103] |
| VII | The Lost Ring | [121] |
| VIII | Will she choose Evil or Good? | [150] |
| IX | A Foolish Virgin | [169] |
| X | Trouble comes Unsummoned | [193] |
| XI | Life comes and goes the Old, Old Way | [213] |
| XII | The Shadow of Sorrow stretched out | [235] |
| XIII | Not Yet | [263] |
| XIV | At the Worst | [288] |
| XV | Lady of Exham Hall at Last | [315] |
| XVI | After Twenty Golden Years | [341] |
I, Thou, and the Other One
CHAPTER FIRST
THE ATHELINGS
“The Land is a Land of hills and valleys, and drinketh
water of the rain of heaven.”
Beyond Thirsk and Northallerton, through the Cleveland Hills to the sea eastward, and by Roseberry Topping, northward, there is a lovely, lonely district, very little known even at the present day. The winds stream through its hills, as cool and fresh as living water; and whatever beauty there is of mountain, valley, or moorland, Farndale and Westerdale can show it; while no part of England is so rich in those picturesque manor-houses which have been the homes of the same families for twenty generations.