# The Able McLaughlins — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson.

- [The Homecoming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter opens with a serene description of the prairie and the McLaughlin homestead, where children play and await the return of older siblings from school. Their quiet is broken when they spot a team of horses appro
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/ii.md): Wully McLaughlin, home from the Civil War, is recovering on his family's Iowa prairie farm. His father, John McLaughlin, remains passionately devoted to the land, dreaming of its potential. To occupy himself, Wully agree
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/iii.md): Wully McLaughlin returns home from the Civil War in March, after more than three months in hospitals, and is met by his father. They travel through rain and mud to the family farm, where Wully is warmly welcomed by his m
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/iv.md): Wully McLaughlin, recovering from war and illness, is consumed by his unrequited feelings for Chirstie. He observes her at church, noting her thinness and unhappiness, and eventually finds her crying alone, confirming hi
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/v.md): Wully McLaughlin discovers that Peter Keith has seduced and impregnated Chirstie. In a rage, he confronts Peter, who suggests Wully marry her himself. Wully wrestles with his desire for revenge and his love for Chirstie,

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- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [The Decision to Move to Town](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [The Town Trip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_able_mclaughlins_se/chapters/xxii.md)

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