# Aurora Floyd — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Aurora Floyd by M. E. Braddon.

- [How a Rich Banker Married an Actress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/i-how-a-rich-banker-married-an-actress.md): The chapter introduces Archibald Martin Floyd, a wealthy banker who, against his own earlier declarations, marries Eliza Prodder, a penniless actress from a second-rate Lancashire theatre. The marriage scandalizes the lo
- [Aurora](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/ii-aurora.md): This chapter introduces Aurora Floyd's early life, from her birth after her mother Eliza's death to her spoiled upbringing by her adoring father Archibald Floyd. It describes her wild, 'fast' nature, her love of horses, 
- [III: What Became of the Diamond Bracelet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/iii-what-became-of-the-diamond-bracelet.md): Aurora Floyd's nineteenth birthday ball at Felden Woods is described, with her relatives noting her changed demeanor after a year in Paris. Among the guests are two officers from Windsor: Francis Maldon and Talbot Bulstr
- [After the Ball](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/iv-after-the-ball.md): Two days after Aurora's birthday ball, Talbot Bulstrode visits Felden Woods with Francis Maldon. He observes the tense, watchful relationship between Aurora and her father, contrasts her bold beauty with Lucy's gentle pu
- [John Mellish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/v-john-mellish.md): Mr. Floyd hires Mrs. Walter Powell as a governess and companion for Aurora. The family travels to Brighton, where Talbot Bulstrode, having sold out of the army, becomes a frequent visitor. Lucy observes Talbot's growing 

> 34 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=aurora_floyd_se_1198kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Rejected and Accepted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/vi-rejected-and-accepted.md)
- [Aurora's Strange Pensioner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/vii-aurora-s-strange-pensioner.md)
- [Poor John Mellish Comes Back Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/viii-poor-john-mellish-comes-back-again.md)
- [How Talbot Bulstrode Spent His Christmas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/ix-how-talbot-bulstrode-spent-his-christmas.md)
- [Fighting the Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/x-fighting-the-battle.md)
- [At the Château d’Arques](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xi-at-the-ch-teau-d-arques.md)
- [XII: Steeve Hargraves, the “Softy”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xii-steeve-hargraves-the-softy.md)
- [The Spring Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xiii-the-spring-meeting.md)
- [Love Took Up the Glass of Time, and Turned It in His Glowing Hands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xiv-love-took-up-the-glass-of-time-and-turned-it-in-his-glowing-hands.md)
- [Mr. Pastern's Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xv-mr-pastern-s-letter.md)
- [Mr. James Conyers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xvi-mr-james-conyers.md)
- [The Trainer's Messenger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xvii-the-trainer-s-messenger.md)
- [Out in the Rain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xviii-out-in-the-rain.md)
- [Money Matters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xix-money-matters.md)
- [Captain Prodder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xx-captain-prodder.md)
- [He Only Said, I Am A-Weary.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxi-he-only-said-i-am-a-weary.md)
- [Still Constant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxii-still-constant.md)
- [On the Threshold of Darker Miseries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxiii-on-the-threshold-of-darker-miseries.md)
- [Captain Prodder Carries Bad News to His Niece's House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxiv-captain-prodder-carries-bad-news-to-his-niece-s-house.md)
- [The Deed That Had Been Done in the Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxv-the-deed-that-had-been-done-in-the-wood.md)
- [At the Golden Lion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxvi-at-the-golden-lion.md)
- [XXVII: “My Wife! My Wife! What Wife? I Have No Wife.”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxvii-my-wife-my-wife-what-wife-i-have-no-wife.md)
- [XXVIII: Aurora’s Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxviii-aurora-s-flight.md)
- [John Mellish Finds His Home Desolate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxix-john-mellish-finds-his-home-desolate.md)
- [An Unexpected Visitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxx-an-unexpected-visitor.md)
- [Talbot Bulstrode's Advice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxxi-talbot-bulstrode-s-advice.md)
- [On the Watch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxxii-on-the-watch.md)
- [Captain Prodder Goes Back to Doncaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxxiii-captain-prodder-goes-back-to-doncaster.md)
- [XXXIV: The Discovery of the Weapon with Which James Conyers Had Been Slain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-discovery-of-the-weapon-with-which-james-conyers-had-been-slain.md)
- [Under a Cloud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxxv-under-a-cloud.md)
- [Reunion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxxvi-reunion.md)
- [The Brass Button by Crosby, Birmingham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxxvii-the-brass-button-by-crosby-birmingham.md)
- [Off the Scent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxxviii-off-the-scent.md)
- [Talbot Bulstrode Makes Atonement for the Past](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aurora_floyd_se/chapters/xxxix-talbot-bulstrode-makes-atonement-for-the-past.md)

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