The Athelings
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Маргарет Олифант. The Athelings
BOOK I.—BELLEVUE
CHAPTER I. IN THE STREET
CHAPTER II. HOME
CHAPTER III. AGNES
CHAPTER IV. MARIAN
CHAPTER V. CHARLIE
CHAPTER VI. PAPA AND MAMMA
CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST WORK
CHAPTER VIII. CHARLIE’S ENTERPRISE
CHAPTER IX. A DECISION
CHAPTER X. MR FOGGO
CHAPTER XI. THE BEST ROOM
CHAPTER XII. A SERIOUS QUESTION
CHAPTER XIII. KILLIECRANKIE LODGE
CHAPTER XIV. THE HOUSE OF FOGGO
CHAPTER XV. THE PROPOSAL
CHAPTER XVI. FAMILY EXCITEMENT
CHAPTER XVII. AN AMERICAN SKETCH
CHAPTER XVIII. COMPANY
CHAPTER XIX. CONVERSATION
CHAPTER XX. AUNT BRIDGET
CHAPTER XXI. A LAW STUDENT
CHAPTER XXII. ANOTHER EVENT
CHAPTER XXIII. A NEW FRIEND
CHAPTER XXIV. GOING HOME
CHAPTER XXV. PAPA’S OPINION
CHAPTER XXVI. MRS EDGERLY’S THURSDAY
CHAPTER XXVII. THE WORLD
CHAPTER XXVIII. A FOE
CHAPTER XXIX. FAMILY SENTIMENTS
CHAPTER XXX. AGNES’S FORTUNE
CHAPTER XXXI. EXTRAVAGANCE
CHAPTER XXXII. A GREAT VISITOR
CHAPTER XXXIII. GOING FROM HOME
CHAPTER XXXIV. EVERYBODY’S FANCIES
BOOK II.—THE OLD WOOD LODGE
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
BOOK III.—WINTERBOURNE HALL
CHAPTER I. AN OLD STORY
CHAPTER II. A CRISIS
CHAPTER III. CHARLIE’S PREPARATIONS
CHAPTER IV. GOING AWAY
CHAPTER V. THE OLD WOOD HOUSE
CHAPTER VI. AN ADVENTURER
CHAPTER VII. LORD WINTERBOURNE
CHAPTER VIII. THE NEW HEIR
CHAPTER IX. A VISIT
CHAPTER X. MARIAN ON TRIAL
CHAPTER XI. DISCONTENT
CHAPTER XII. A CONVERSATION
CHAPTER XIII. SUSPENSE
CHAPTER XIV. NEWS
CHAPTER XV. GOING HOME
CHAPTER XVI. NEW INFLUENCES
CHAPTER XVII. RACHEL’S DOUBTS
CHAPTER XVIII. AGNES
CHAPTER XIX. LIONEL
CHAPTER XX. AN ARRIVAL
CHAPTER XXI. CHARLIE’S RETURN
CHAPTER XXII. CHARLIE’S REPORT
CHAPTER XXIII. PROCRASTINATION
CHAPTER XXIV. THE FOGGOS
CHAPTER XXV. GOOD FORTUNE
CHAPTER XXVI. THE OXFORD ASSIZES
CHAPTER XXVII. THE TRUE HEIR
CHAPTER XXVIII. AT HOME
CHAPTER XXIX. THE RIVAL HEIRS
CHAPTER XXX. AN ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XXXI. THE TRIAL
CHAPTER XXXII. ESPOUSALS
CHAPTER XXXIII. AN OLD FRIEND
CHAPTER XXXIV. SETTLING DOWN
CHAPTER XXXV. THE END
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One of them is very pretty—you can see that at a glance: under the simple bonnet, and through the thin little veil, which throws no cloud upon its beauty, shines the sweetest girl’s face imaginable. It is only eighteen years old, and not at all of the heroical cast, but it brightens like a passing sunbeam through all the sombre line of passengers, and along the dull background of this ordinary street. There is no resisting that sweet unconscious influence: people smile when they pass her, unawares; it is a natural homage paid involuntarily to the young, sweet, innocent loveliness, unconscious of its own power. People have smiled upon her all her days; she thinks it is because everybody is amiable, and seeks no further for a cause.
The other one is not very pretty; she is twenty: she is taller, paler, not so bright of natural expression, yet as far from being commonplace as can be conceived. They are dressed entirely alike, thriftily dressed in brown merino, with little cloaks exact to the same pattern, and bonnets, of which every bow of ribbon outside, and every little pink rosebud within, is a complete fac-simile of its sister bud and bow. They have little paper-parcels in their hands each of them; they are about the same height, and not much different in age; and to see these twin figures, so entirely resembling each other, passing along at the same inconsistent youthful pace, now rapid and now lingering, you would scarcely be prepared for the characteristic difference in their looks and in their minds.
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“Very true—so true, Miss Willsie,” said Mrs Tavistock, who was a sentimental and sighing widow. “There is my niece, quite an example. I am sadly nervous, you know; and that rude girl will ‘prove’ to me, as she calls it, that no thief could get into the house, though I know they try the back-kitchen window every night.”
“If there’s one thing I’m against,” said Miss Willsie, solemnly, “it’s that foolish fright about thieves—thieves! Bless me, what would the ragamuffins do here? A man may be a robber, but that’s no to say he’s an idiot; and a wise man would never put his life or his freedom in jeopardy for what he could get in Bellevue.”
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