# The Clever Woman of the Family — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. Yonge.

- [I: In Search of a Mission](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/i-in-search-of-a-mission.md): On her twenty-fifth birthday, Rachel Curtis resolves to end her submissive girlhood and seek a meaningful vocation. She reluctantly accepts her mother's gift of a white rose wreath, symbolizing girlish innocence, while i
- [II: Rachel's Discipline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/ii-rachel-s-discipline.md): Rachel takes Fanny's sons for a walk along the cliffs, where they get into a fight with local boys over a lobster-pot. Rachel intervenes, but the boys continue to misbehave, including threatening a thrush's nest. Later, 
- [III: Mackarel Lane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/iii-mackarel-lane.md): Rachel Curtis, accompanied by her sister Grace, visits the Williams sisters in Mackarel Lane to assess them without committing Fanny. She meets the invalid Ermine Williams, who impresses her with her intellect and charm,
- [IV: The Hero](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/iv-the-hero.md): The chapter opens with Alison Williams anxiously awaiting the arrival of Colonel Keith, the 'Major' who is a close family friend of the Temples. Rachel Curtis, disapproving of the military influence, accompanies Alison t
- [V: Military Society](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/v-military-society.md): Rachel Curtis presses Ermine Williams for information about the newly arrived Major Keith, who is revealed to be Colonel Keith, brother to Lord Keith of Gowanbrae. Rachel is suspicious of his influence over Fanny Temple 

> 24 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se_1870kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [VI: Ermine's Resolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/vi-ermine-s-resolution.md)
- [VII: Waiting for Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/vii-waiting-for-rose.md)
- [Woman's Mission Discovered](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/viii-woman-s-mission-discovered.md)
- [The New Sport](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/ix-the-new-sport.md)
- [X: The Philanthropist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/x-the-philanthropist.md)
- [Lady Temple's Troubles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xi-lady-temple-s-troubles.md)
- [XII: A Change at the Parsonage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xii-a-change-at-the-parsonage.md)
- [The Fox and the Crow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xiii-the-fox-and-the-crow.md)
- [XIV: The Gowanbrae Ball](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xiv-the-gowanbrae-ball.md)
- [Go and Bray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xv-go-and-bray.md)
- [XVI: An Apparition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xvi-an-apparition.md)
- [XVII: The Siege](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xvii-the-siege.md)
- [XIX: The Brewst She Brewed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xix-the-brewst-she-brewed.md)
- [XX: The Saracen’s Head](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xx-the-saracen-s-head.md)
- [XXI: The Quarter Sessions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xxi-the-quarter-sessions.md)
- [The After Clap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xxii-the-after-clap.md)
- [Dear Alexander](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xxiii-dear-alexander.md)
- [XXIV: The Honeymoon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xxiv-the-honeymoon.md)
- [The Huntsford Croquet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xxv-the-huntsford-croquet.md)
- [XXVI: The End of Cleverness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xxvi-the-end-of-cleverness.md)
- [XXVII: The Post Bag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xxvii-the-post-bag.md)
- [Vanity of Vanities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xxviii-vanity-of-vanities.md)
- [At Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xxix-at-last.md)
- [XXX: Who Is the Clever Woman?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clever_woman_of_the_family_se/chapters/xxx-who-is-the-clever-woman.md)

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