# The Duke’s Children — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope.

- [When the Duchess Was Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/i-when-the-duchess-was-dead.md): The Duke of Omnium is left utterly bereft and helpless after the sudden death of the Duchess. He reflects on their year abroad and his own sense of isolation. Mrs. Finn, who had been with the Duchess during her final ill
- [Lady Mary Palliser](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/ii-lady-mary-palliser.md): Mrs. Finn learns of Lady Mary's secret engagement to Frank Tregear, a secret kept from the Duke of Omnium. Lady Mary refuses to tell her father, citing a promise to Tregear. Mrs. Finn, feeling a duty to the Duke, persuad
- [Francis Oliphant Tregear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/iii-francis-oliphant-tregear.md): This chapter introduces Francis Oliphant Tregear, a clever and handsome young man of good birth but limited means, who has become the intimate friend of Lord Silverbridge and has won the heart of the Duchess of Omnium. I
- [Park Lane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/iv-park-lane.md): Tregear visits Mrs. Finn in Park Lane to discuss his engagement to Lady Mary. Mrs. Finn insists that the Duke must be informed, pressing Tregear to act quickly. Tregear resists but ultimately agrees to speak to the Duke 
- [It Is Impossible](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/v-it-is-impossible.md): Frank Tregear formally asks the Duke of Omnium for permission to marry Lady Mary Palliser. The Duke reacts with disbelief and scorn, declaring the match 'impossible' due to Tregear's lack of fortune and station. Tregear 

> 74 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_duke_s_children_se_963kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Major Tifto](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/vi-major-tifto.md)
- [Conservative Convictions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/vii-conservative-convictions.md)
- [He Is a Gentleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/viii-he-is-a-gentleman.md)
- [IX: “In Medias Res”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/ix-in-medias-res.md)
- [Why Not Like Romeo if I Feel Like Romeo?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/x-why-not-like-romeo-if-i-feel-like-romeo.md)
- [Cruel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xi-cruel.md)
- [At Richmond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xii-at-richmond.md)
- [The Duke's Injustice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xiii-the-duke-s-injustice.md)
- [The New Member for Silverbridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xiv-the-new-member-for-silverbridge.md)
- [The Duke Receives a Letter—and Writes One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xv-the-duke-receives-a-letter-and-writes-one.md)
- [Poor Boy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xvi-poor-boy.md)
- [The Derby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xvii-the-derby.md)
- [One of the Results of the Derby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xviii-one-of-the-results-of-the-derby.md)
- [No; My Lord, I Do Not](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xix-no-my-lord-i-do-not.md)
- [Then He Will Come Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xx-then-he-will-come-again.md)
- [Sir Timothy Beeswax](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxi-sir-timothy-beeswax.md)
- [The Duke in His Study](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxii-the-duke-in-his-study.md)
- [Frank Tregear Wants a Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxiii-frank-tregear-wants-a-friend.md)
- [She Must Be Made to Obey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxiv-she-must-be-made-to-obey.md)
- [A Family Breakfast-Table](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxv-a-family-breakfast-table.md)
- [Dinner at the Beargarden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxvi-dinner-at-the-beargarden.md)
- [Major Tifto and the Duke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxvii-major-tifto-and-the-duke.md)
- [Mrs. Montacute Jones's Garden-Party](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxviii-mrs-montacute-jones-s-garden-party.md)
- [The Lovers Meet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxix-the-lovers-meet.md)
- [What Came of the Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxx-what-came-of-the-meeting.md)
- [Miss Boncassen's River-Party. No. 1](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxxi-miss-boncassen-s-river-party-no-1.md)
- [Miss Boncassen's River-Party. No. 2](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxxii-miss-boncassen-s-river-party-no-2.md)
- [The Langham Hotel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxxiii-the-langham-hotel.md)
- [Lord Popplecourt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxxiv-lord-popplecourt.md)
- [Don’t You Think—?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxxv-don-t-you-think.md)
- [Tallyho Lodge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxxvi-tallyho-lodge.md)
- [Grex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxxvii-grex.md)
- [Crummie-Toddie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxxviii-crummie-toddie.md)
- [Killancodlem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxxix-killancodlem.md)
- [XL: “And Then!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xl-and-then.md)
- [Ischl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xli-ischl.md)
- [Again at Killancodlem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xlii-again-at-killancodlem.md)
- [What Happened at Doncaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xliii-what-happened-at-doncaster.md)
- [XLIV: How It Was Done](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xliv-how-it-was-done.md)
- [There Shall Not Be Another Word About It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xlv-there-shall-not-be-another-word-about-it.md)
- [Lady Mary's Dream](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xlvi-lady-mary-s-dream.md)
- [Miss Boncassen's Idea of Heaven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xlvii-miss-boncassen-s-idea-of-heaven.md)
- [The Party at Custins Is Broken Up](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xlviii-the-party-at-custins-is-broken-up.md)
- [XLIX: The Major’s Fate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xlix-the-major-s-fate.md)
- [L: The Duke’s Arguments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/l-the-duke-s-arguments.md)
- [The Duke's Guests](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/li-the-duke-s-guests.md)
- [Miss Boncassen Tells the Truth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lii-miss-boncassen-tells-the-truth.md)
- [LIII: “Then I Am as Proud as a Queen”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/liii-then-i-am-as-proud-as-a-queen.md)
- [I Don't Think She Is a Snake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/liv-i-don-t-think-she-is-a-snake.md)
- [Polpenno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lv-polpenno.md)
- [The News Is Sent to Matching](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lvi-the-news-is-sent-to-matching.md)
- [The Meeting at The Bobtailed Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lvii-the-meeting-at-the-bobtailed-fox.md)
- [LVIII: The Major Is Deposed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lviii-the-major-is-deposed.md)
- [No One Can Tell What May Come to Pass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lix-no-one-can-tell-what-may-come-to-pass.md)
- [Lord Gerald in Further Trouble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lx-lord-gerald-in-further-trouble.md)
- [LXI: “Bone of My Bone”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxi-bone-of-my-bone.md)
- [The Brake Country](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxii-the-brake-country.md)
- [LXIII: “I’ve Seen ’Em Like That Before”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxiii-i-ve-seen-em-like-that-before.md)
- [I Believe Him to Be a Worthy Young Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxiv-i-believe-him-to-be-a-worthy-young-man.md)
- [Do You Ever Think What Money Is?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxv-do-you-ever-think-what-money-is.md)
- [The Three Attacks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxvi-the-three-attacks.md)
- [He Is Such a Beast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxvii-he-is-such-a-beast.md)
- [Brook Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxviii-brook-street.md)
- [Pert Poppet!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxix-pert-poppet.md)
- [Love May Be a Great Misfortune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxx-love-may-be-a-great-misfortune.md)
- [What Am I to Say, Sir?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxxi-what-am-i-to-say-sir.md)
- [Carlton Terrace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxxii-carlton-terrace.md)
- [LXXIII: “I Have Never Loved You”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxxiii-i-have-never-loved-you.md)
- [Let Us Drink a Glass of Wine Together](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxxiv-let-us-drink-a-glass-of-wine-together.md)
- [LXXV: The Major’s Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxxv-the-major-s-story.md)
- [On Deportment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxxvi-on-deportment.md)
- [Mabel, Goodbye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxxvii-mabel-goodbye.md)
- [The First Wedding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxxix-the-first-wedding.md)
- [The Second Wedding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/lxxx-the-second-wedding.md)

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