The English Library
No. 156
THE CUCKOO IN THE NEST
By Mrs. OLIPHANT
IN TWO VOLUMES
| OTHER VOLUMES BY THE SAME AUTHOR PUBLISHED IN | ||
| The English Library | ||
| 77. 78. | The Railway Man and his Children | 2 Vols. |
| 95. 96. | The Marriage of Elinor | 2 Vols. |
| (In the Press) | ||
| The Victorian Age of English Literature. | ||
| Diana. | ||
Copyright Edition
THE CUCKOO
IN THE NEST
BY
Mrs. OLIPHANT
AUTHOR OF
“WITHIN THE PRECINCTS,” “THE RAILWAY MAN AND HIS CHILDREN,”
“AT HIS GATES,” “THE MARRIAGE OF ELINOR,” ETC.
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME I.
LEIPZIG
HEINEMANN AND BALESTIER
LIMITED, LONDON
1892
THE CUCKOO IN THE NEST
| CHAPTER: I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI., XXII., XXIII., XXIV., XXV. |
CHAPTER I.
The Seven Thorns was rather an imposing place for a little country inn.It was a long house, not very high, yet containing some good-sizedbedrooms on the upper storey, and rooms below calculated for theentertainment of a much greater company than ever appeared now upon thedeserted highroad. It had been an old coaching road, and there werestables at the Seven Thorns which could take in half the horses in thecounty; but that, of course, was all over now. The greater part of thesest