# The House of Arden — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The House of Arden by E. Nesbit.

- [I: Arden's Lord](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/i-arden-s-lord.md): Edred and Elfrida Arden learn that Edred has inherited the title of Lord Arden from a distant cousin. The children, who live with their aunt in a seaside lodging house, explore the ruined Arden Castle and the old lord's 
- [The Mouldiwarp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/ii-the-mouldiwarp.md): Elfrida and Edred encounter the living golden crest of the Arden family, which transforms into a white talking mole called the Mouldiwarp. The Mouldiwarp challenges them to be nice to each other for a whole day and then 
- [III: In Boney’s Times](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/iii-in-boney-s-times.md): Edred and Elfrida find themselves transported back to 1807, where they are mistaken for children of the Arden household. They encounter a wise woman who prophesies the future, including the French landing in Lymchurch Ba
- [IV: The Landing of the French](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/iv-the-landing-of-the-french.md): Elfrida wakes to see a beacon bonfire lit, signaling the French are coming, but she is too sleepy to care. In the grey morning, a storm tears open their window, and the children go to the cliff where a crowd of armed men
- [V: The Highwayman and the ⸻](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/v-the-highwayman-and-the.md): Elfrida is rescued by a mysterious highwayman who returns her to Arden Castle, where she and Cousin Bet discover he is the Chevalier St. George (the Old Pretender) seeking refuge. Meanwhile, back in the present, Elfrida 

> 9 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_house_of_arden_se_746kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Secret Panel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/vi-the-secret-panel.md)
- [The Key of the Parlour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/vii-the-key-of-the-parlour.md)
- [Guy Fawkes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/viii-guy-fawkes.md)
- [The Prisoners in the Tower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/ix-the-prisoners-in-the-tower.md)
- [White Wings and a Brownie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/x-white-wings-and-a-brownie.md)
- [Developments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/xi-developments.md)
- [Films and Clouds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/xii-films-and-clouds.md)
- [May-Blossom and Pearls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/xiii-may-blossom-and-pearls.md)
- [XIV: The Finding of the Treasure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/xiv-the-finding-of-the-treasure.md)

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