Produced by Andrew Sly, Al Haines and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net _THE SETONS_ _By_ _O. DOUGLAS_ _Author of "Olivia in India," "Penny Plain," etc._ _HODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED_ _LONDON_ _First Edition Published October 1917_ _Reprinted December 1917_ _" March 1918_ _" August 1918_ _" February 1919_ _" November 1919_ _" August 1920_ _" October 1920_ _" January 1921_ _" April 1921_ _" January 1922_ _" February 1922_ _" June 1922_ _" September 1922_ _" January 1923_ _" June 1923_ _" November 1923_ _" January 1924_ _" September 1924_ _" May 1925_ _" February 1926_ _" July 1926_ _" March 1927_ _" July 1927_ _" June 1928_ _" September 1928_ _Made and Printed in Great Britain for Hodder & Stoughton, Limited, by C. Tinling & Co., Ltd., Liverpool, London and Prescot._ NOVELS BY O. DOUGLAS _Penny Plain_ _The Setons_ _Olivia in India_ _Ann and Her Mother_ _Pink Sugar_ _The Proper Place_ _Eliza for Common_ HODDER AND STOUGHTON LTD., LONDON. TO MY MOTHER IN MEMORY OF HER TWO SONS _They sought the glory of their country they see the glory of God_ _CHAPTER I_ "Look to the bakemeats, good Angelica, Spare not for cost." _Romeo and Juliet._ A November night in Glasgow. Mr. Thomson got out of the electric tram which every evening brought him from business, walked briskly down the road until he came to a neat villa with _Jeanieville_ cut in the pillar, almost trotted up the gravelled path, let himself in with his latchkey, shut the door behind him, and cried, "Are ye there, Mamma? Mamma, are ye there?" After four-and-twenty years of matrimony John Thomson still cried for Jeanie his wife the moment he entered the house. Mrs. Thomson came out of the dining-room and helped her husband to take off his coat. "You're home, Papa," she said, "and in nice time, too. Now we'll all get our tea comfortable in the parlour before we change our clothes. (Jessie tell Annie Papa's in.) Your things are all laid out on the bed, John, and I've put your gold studs in a dress shirt--but whit's that you're carrying, John?"