# The American Senator — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The American Senator by Anthony Trollope.

- [I: Dillsborough](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/i-dillsborough.md): The chapter introduces the declining market town of Dillsborough, its geography, and its key inhabitants. It describes the town's lack of industry or attractions, its division between the counties of Rufford and Ufford, 
- [The Morton Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/ii-the-morton-family.md): This chapter provides a detailed history of the Morton family, focusing on old Reginald Morton, his sons John and Reginald, and the subsequent generations. It describes the family's financial struggles, the estrangement 
- [The Masters Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/iii-the-masters-family.md): At the Masters' home, a family dispute arises over whether attorney Mr. Masters should take on Goarly's case against Lord Rufford for crop damages. Mrs. Masters argues for the financial opportunity, while Mr. Masters is 
- [The Dillsborough Club](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/iv-the-dillsborough-club.md): The chapter describes the Saturday evening club at the Bush inn in Dillsborough, where local men gather to drink and discuss affairs. The conversation centers on Goarly's lawsuit against Lord Rufford over game damage, wi
- [Reginald Morton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/v-reginald-morton.md): This chapter introduces Reginald Morton, the grandson of the old squire, who has returned to Dillsborough to live at Hoppet Hall after winning a lawsuit over the property. He is a solitary, bookish man of nearly forty, w

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- [Not in Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/vi-not-in-love.md)
- [The Walk Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/vii-the-walk-home.md)
- [The Paragon's Party at Bragton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/viii-the-paragon-s-party-at-bragton.md)
- [The Old Kennels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/ix-the-old-kennels.md)
- [Goarly's Revenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/x-goarly-s-revenge.md)
- [From Impington Gorse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xi-from-impington-gorse.md)
- [XII: Arabella Trefoil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xii-arabella-trefoil.md)
- [At Bragton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xiii-at-bragton.md)
- [XIV: The Dillsborough Feud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xiv-the-dillsborough-feud.md)
- [XV: A Fit Companion—For Me and My Sisters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xv-a-fit-companion-for-me-and-my-sisters.md)
- [Mr. Gotobed's Philanthropy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xvi-mr-gotobed-s-philanthropy.md)
- [Lord Rufford's Invitation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xvii-lord-rufford-s-invitation.md)
- [The Attorney's Family Is Disturbed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xviii-the-attorney-s-family-is-disturbed.md)
- [XIX: “Who Valued the Geese?”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xix-who-valued-the-geese.md)
- [XX: There Are Convenances](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xx-there-are-convenances.md)
- [The First Evening at Rufford Hall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxi-the-first-evening-at-rufford-hall.md)
- [Jemima](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxii-jemima.md)
- [Poor Caneback](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxiii-poor-caneback.md)
- [The Ball](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxiv-the-ball.md)
- [XXV: The Last Morning at Rufford Hall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxv-the-last-morning-at-rufford-hall.md)
- [Give Me Six Months](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxvi-give-me-six-months.md)
- [Wonderful Bird!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxvii-wonderful-bird.md)
- [Mounser Green](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxviii-mounser-green.md)
- [The Senator's Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxix-the-senator-s-letter.md)
- [At Cheltenham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxx-at-cheltenham.md)
- [The Rufford Correspondence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxxi-the-rufford-correspondence.md)
- [XXXII: “It Is a Long Way”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxxii-it-is-a-long-way.md)
- [The Beginning of Persecution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxxiii-the-beginning-of-persecution.md)
- [Mary's Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxxiv-mary-s-letter.md)
- [Chowton Farm for Sale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxxv-chowton-farm-for-sale.md)
- [Mistletoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxxvi-mistletoe.md)
- [You Are So Severe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxxviii-you-are-so-severe.md)
- [The Day at Peltry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxxix-the-day-at-peltry.md)
- [Lord Rufford Wants to See a Horse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xl-lord-rufford-wants-to-see-a-horse.md)
- [XLI: The Senator Is Badly Treated](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xli-the-senator-is-badly-treated.md)
- [Mr. Mainwaring's Little Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xlii-mr-mainwaring-s-little-dinner.md)
- [Persecution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xliii-persecution.md)
- [Particularly Proud of You](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xliv-particularly-proud-of-you.md)
- [Lord Rufford Makes Up His Mind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xlv-lord-rufford-makes-up-his-mind.md)
- [It Cannot Be Arranged](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xlvi-it-cannot-be-arranged.md)
- [But There Is Some One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xlvii-but-there-is-some-one.md)
- [The Dinner at the Bush](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xlviii-the-dinner-at-the-bush.md)
- [Miss Trefoil's Decision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xlix-miss-trefoil-s-decision.md)
- [In These Days One Can't Make a Man Marry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/l-in-these-days-one-can-t-make-a-man-marry.md)
- [The Senator’s Second Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/li-the-senator-s-second-letter.md)
- [Providence Interferes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lii-providence-interferes.md)
- [Lady Ushant at Bragton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/liii-lady-ushant-at-bragton.md)
- [Arabella Again at Bragton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/liv-arabella-again-at-bragton.md)
- [LV: “I Have Told Him Everything”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lv-i-have-told-him-everything.md)
- [Now What Have You Got to Say?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lvi-now-what-have-you-got-to-say.md)
- [Mrs. Morton Returns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lvii-mrs-morton-returns.md)
- [The Two Old Ladies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lviii-the-two-old-ladies.md)
- [LIX: The Last Effort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lix-the-last-effort.md)
- [Again at Mistletoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lx-again-at-mistletoe.md)
- [The Success of Lady Augustus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxi-the-success-of-lady-augustus.md)
- [LXII: “We Shall Kill Each Other”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxii-we-shall-kill-each-other.md)
- [Changes at Bragton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxiii-changes-at-bragton.md)
- [The Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxiv-the-will.md)
- [The New Minister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxv-the-new-minister.md)
- [I Must Go](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxvi-i-must-go.md)
- [In the Park](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxvii-in-the-park.md)
- [Lord Rufford's Model Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxviii-lord-rufford-s-model-farm.md)
- [Scrobby's Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxix-scrobby-s-trial.md)
- [At Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxx-at-last.md)
- [My Own, Own Husband](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxxi-my-own-own-husband.md)
- [LXXII: “Bid Him Be a Man”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxxii-bid-him-be-a-man.md)
- [Is It Tanti?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxxiii-is-it-tanti.md)
- [Benedict](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxxiv-benedict.md)
- [Arabella's Success](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxxv-arabella-s-success.md)
- [The Wedding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxxvi-the-wedding.md)
- [The Senator’s Lecture.—No. I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxxvii-the-senator-s-lecture-no-i.md)
- [The Senator's Lecture.—No. II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxxviii-the-senator-s-lecture-no-ii.md)
- [The Last Days of Mary Masters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxxix-the-last-days-of-mary-masters.md)
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/lxxx-conclusion.md)

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