# Robbery Under Arms — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Robbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood.

- [Preface to New Edition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/preface-to-new-edition.md): Rolf Boldrewood dedicates the novel to his old comrade R. Murray Smith, thanks the proprietors of the Sydney Mail for their support, and asserts the truthfulness of the narrative, based on official records and his lifelo
- [Robbery Under Arms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/robbery-under-arms.md): The opening of the novel introduces the Marston family and their life on Rocky Creek, setting the stage for the themes of bush life, crime, and family loyalty that will define the story.
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/i.md): Dick Marston, awaiting execution, begins his memoir by describing his childhood on a remote Australian farm. He recalls his father's bush skills, the family's humble hut, and early memories of riding the pony Possum. He 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/ii.md): Dick Marston reflects on his childhood education under the eccentric schoolmaster Mr. Howard, who taught him and his brother Jim alongside other local children. After Mr. Howard's death, Dick begins to understand his fat
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/iii.md): Dick Marston recounts his sister Aileen's desperate pleas for him and Jim to abandon their father's criminal path and take up honest work. He also recalls saving young Gracey Storefield from drowning, which earned him th

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- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Terrible Hollow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Rescue and Its Aftermath](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/x.md)
- [The Toss of a Coin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [Homecoming and Family Tension](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [The Trial and Sentencing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [Homecoming and Resolve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [The Ballabri Bank Robbery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [Jim's Marriage and the New Inspector](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [The Betrayal of Kate Morrison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)
- [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxxiv.md)
- [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxxv.md)
- [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxxvi.md)
- [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxxvii.md)
- [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxxviii.md)
- [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxxix.md)
- [Chapter XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xl.md)
- [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xli.md)
- [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xlii.md)
- [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xliii.md)
- [Chapter XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xliv.md)
- [XLVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xlvi.md)
- [XLVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xlvii.md)
- [XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xlviii.md)
- [XLIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xlix.md)
- [Chapter L](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/l.md)
- [LI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/li.md)
- [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/lii.md)
- [LIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/liii.md)
- [LIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/liv.md)
- [The Condemned Cell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/lv.md)
- [LVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/lvi.md)
- [LVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/lvii.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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