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Title: The Brentons

Author: Anna Chapin Ray

Illustrator: Wilson C. Dexter

Release Date: June 8, 2007 [EBook #21763]

Language: English

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NOVELS BY

ANNA CHAPIN RAY

THE DOMINANT STRAIN
BY THE GOOD STE. ANNE
ON THE FIRING LINE
HEARTS AND CREEDS
ACKROYD OF THE FACULTY
QUICKENED
THE BRIDGE BUILDERS
OVER THE QUICKSANDS
A WOMAN WITH A PURPOSE
THE BRENTONS

[Illustration: Catia put her elbows on the table and clasped her hands
around her cup.

Frontispiece. _See Page_ 84]

THE BRENTONS

BY

ANNA CHAPIN RAY

Author of "A Woman with a Purpose," "The Bridge Builders," etc.

WITH FRONTISPIECE BY
WILSON C. DEXTER

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1912

_Copyright, 1912,_
By Little, Brown, and Company.

_All rights reserved_

Published, January, 1912

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

Transcriber's Note:

Beginning with Chapter 19 the spelling of Kathryn inexplicably changes
to Katherine.

The Table of Contents is not contained in the original book. It has
been generated for the convenience of the reader.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER NINE CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TEN CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER ELEVEN CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER THIRTEEN CHAPTER TW