# Christine of the hills

Author: Pemberton, Max, 1863-1950

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72678

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Christine+of+the+hills+Pemberton&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

We dined upon a little grass bank of the island named Incoronata, in a clearing of the woods, where the soft night wind breathed cool upon our faces, and the rustle of the leaves was like a harmony of sleep. It was not until the boat had been moored for the night, and new logs had been thrown upon the fire, that Barbarossa bethought him of his pledge, and consented to begin his narrative. Squatting upon his haunches, with his cigar held deftly as a _bâton_, when the need of emphasis was, this strange old man unfolded a history no less strange. So clear was his sense of proportion, so simple were his words, that I would give much to tell the story of Christine as then--and again on other n...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/19/index.md)
- [ill. She was not a peasant, excellency, for her father had been a man](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/christine-of-the-hills-72678/chapters/26/index.md)