# Simon — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Simon by J. Storer Clouston.

- [The Solitary Passenger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/i-the-solitary-passenger.md): A mysterious, secretive man travels by train to a small northern town, avoiding fellow passengers and sneaking off the train without a ticket. He wanders the streets until nightfall, then stealthily approaches a house th
- [II: The Procurator Fiscal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/ii-the-procurator-fiscal.md): Mr. Simon Rattar, the procurator fiscal, is introduced as a man of rigid habits and high respectability. His morning routine is disturbed when his housemaid, Mary MacLean, reports a mysterious man lurking in the garden t
- [III: The Heir](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/iii-the-heir.md): Simon Rattar arrives at his office and behaves unusually, requesting the letter book and ledger. Malcolm Cromarty, the heir to the baronetcy, visits Rattar to discuss his debts. He reveals his financial troubles and his 
- [IV: The Man from the West](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/iv-the-man-from-the-west.md): Ned Cromarty visits Simon Rattar to discuss his financial situation and a loan from Sir Reginald. He reveals his past as a cowboy in the American West and his struggle to adapt to life as a Scottish laird. After the meet
- [V: The Third Visitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/v-the-third-visitor.md): Cicely Farmond visits Simon Rattar to demand the truth about her identity, suspecting she is Sir Reginald's illegitimate niece. Rattar is evasive and insists on consulting Sir Reginald before revealing anything. After sh

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- [At Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/vi-at-night.md)
- [VII: The Drive Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/vii-the-drive-home.md)
- [VIII: Sir Reginald](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/viii-sir-reginald.md)
- [A Philosopher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/ix-a-philosopher.md)
- [X: The Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/x-the-letter.md)
- [XI: News](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xi-news.md)
- [XII: Cicely](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xii-cicely.md)
- [XIII: The Deductive Process](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xiii-the-deductive-process.md)
- [XIV: The Question of Motive](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xiv-the-question-of-motive.md)
- [XV: Two Women](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xv-two-women.md)
- [XVI: Rumour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xvi-rumour.md)
- [A Suggestion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xvii-a-suggestion.md)
- [XVIII: £1,200](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xviii-1-200.md)
- [XIX: The Empty Compartment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xix-the-empty-compartment.md)
- [XX: The Sporting Visitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xx-the-sporting-visitor.md)
- [Mr. Carrington's Walk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxi-mr-carrington-s-walk.md)
- [XXII: Mr. Carrington and the Fiscal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxii-mr-carrington-and-the-fiscal.md)
- [XXIII: Simon's Views](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxiii-simon-s-views.md)
- [Mr. Bisset's Assistant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxiv-mr-bisset-s-assistant.md)
- [XXV: A Telegram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxv-a-telegram.md)
- [At Stanesland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxvi-at-stanesland.md)
- [XXVII: Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxvii-flight.md)
- [The Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxviii-the-return.md)
- [Brother and Sister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxix-brother-and-sister.md)
- [XXX: A Marked Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxx-a-marked-man.md)
- [The Letter Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxxi-the-letter-again.md)
- [XXXII: The Sympathetic Stranger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxxii-the-sympathetic-stranger.md)
- [The House of Mysteries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxxiii-the-house-of-mysteries.md)
- [XXXIV: A Confidential Conversation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxxiv-a-confidential-conversation.md)
- [In the Garden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxxv-in-the-garden.md)
- [The Walking Stick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxxvi-the-walking-stick.md)
- [XXXVII: Bisset's Advice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxxvii-bisset-s-advice.md)
- [XXXVIII: Trapped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxxviii-trapped.md)
- [The Yarn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xxxix-the-yarn.md)
- [XL: The Last Chapter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/simon_se/chapters/xl-the-last-chapter.md)

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