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. BY MRS. OLIPHANT, AUTHOR OF ‘CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD,’ ‘SALEM CHAPEL,’ ‘THE MINISTER’S WIFE,’ ETC. ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1870. _The Right of Translation is Reserved._ LONDON: STRANGEWAYS AND WALDEN, PRINTERS, Castle St., Leicester Sq. CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. PAGE I. PLAY 1 II. WHAT CAME OF IT 20 III. A PATRON OF ART 42 IV. SUCCESS 64 V. A DISCOVERY 79 VI. LAURIE’S FATE 96 VII. A FULL STOP 113 VIII. YOUNG FRANK 133 IX. NELLY RICH 152 X. BROTHERLY ADVICE 174 XI. THE MUSIC-ROOM 186 XII. A PRISONER 198 XIII. SUNDAY 210 XIV. FRANK’S PERPLEXITIES 234 XV. PROGRESS 256 XVI. MRS. RENTON’S CALL 271 XVII. A STEP THE WRONG WAY 286 XVIII. WAVERING 306 THE THREE BROTHERS. CHAPTER I. PLAY.