# The Athelings; or, the Three Gifts. Vol. 1/3

Author: Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54510

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Athelings%3B+or%2C+the+Three+Gifts.+Vol.+1%2F3+Oliphant&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

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 i...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/7/index.md)
- [BOOK I.--CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-athelings-or-the-three-gifts-vol-1-3-54510/chapters/21/index.md)