# The Lady of the Barge — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Lady of the Barge by W. W. Jacobs.

- [The Lady of the Barge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/the-lady-of-the-barge.md): The master of the barge Arabella, Captain Gibbs, argues with a schooner mate about religion before his own mate, Ted, arrives late. Ted reveals he has invited a young woman, Miss Harris, to join them for a trip, much to 
- [The Monkey's Paw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/the-monkey-s-paw.md): The White family receives a visit from Sergeant-Major Morris, who tells them about a magical monkey's paw that grants three wishes. Mr. White makes a wish for two hundred pounds, which later comes true through the tragic
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/i.md): On a cold, wet night at Laburnam Villa, the White family—Mr. White, his wife, and their son Herbert—are visited by Sergeant-Major Morris, a veteran of twenty-one years in India. Morris tells them about a dried monkey's p
- [The Price of a Wish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/ii.md): The morning after the monkey's paw wish, the Whites laugh off their fears, but a visitor from Maw and Meggins arrives to inform them that Herbert has been killed in a machinery accident, and the firm offers two hundred p
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/iii.md): After burying their son Herbert, the Whites struggle with grief and despair. Mrs. White, driven by desperation, convinces her husband to use the monkey's paw to wish Herbert back to life. Mr. White reluctantly makes the 

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- [Bill's Paper Chase](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/bill-s-paper-chase.md)
- [The Well](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/the-well.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Cupboard Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/cupboard-love.md)
- [In the Library](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/in-the-library.md)
- [Captain Rogers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/captain-rogers.md)
- [A Tiger's Skin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/a-tiger-s-skin.md)
- [A Mixed Proposal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/a-mixed-proposal.md)
- [An Adulteration Act](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/an-adulteration-act.md)
- [A Golden Venture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/a-golden-venture.md)
- [Three at Table](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/three-at-table.md)

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