Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) THE THREE BROTHERS. Complete THE THREE BROTHERS. VOLUME I. THE THREE BROTHERS. BY MRS. OLIPHANT, AUTHOR OF ‘CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD,’ ‘SALEM CHAPEL,’ ‘THE MINISTER’S WIFE,’ ETC. ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1870. _The Right of Translation is Reserved._ LONDON: STRANGEWAYS AND WALDEN, PRINTERS, 28 Castle St. Leicester Sq. CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. PAGE I. THEIR FATHER 1 II. THE WILL 17 III. THE NEW CAREER 32 IV. THE ELDEST SON 49 V. THE MAGICIAN’S CAVE 66 VI. THE WORKING OF THE SPELL 86 VII. PUT TO THE TOUCH 103 VIII. MRS. TRACY’S I. O. U. 120 IX. BEN’S REWARD 134 X. THE LAST INTERVIEW 152 XI. MRS. BARTON’S LITTLE BILL 161 XII. MILLICENT’S NEW START 179 XIII. REACTION 188 XIV. MARY’S OPINION 197 XV. KENSINGTON GORE 218 XVI. WELBY, R.A. 232 XVII. THE PADRONA 248 XVIII. THE TEA-TABLE 264 XIX. CHARLOTTE STREET, FITZROY SQUARE 279 XX. LAURIE’S WORK 297 XXI. WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF IT IN THE SQUARE 316 THE THREE BROTHERS. CHAPTER I. THEIR FATHER.