Contents volume 3. [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

“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. III.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCLVII
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE.

THE ATHELINGS

BOOK III.—WINTERBOURNE HALL