# The Prime Minister — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope.

- [Ferdinand Lopez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/i-ferdinand-lopez.md): This chapter introduces Ferdinand Lopez, a mysterious and self-possessed gentleman of unknown origins who moves through London society with imperious confidence. Despite his reticence about his family background, he is a
- [Everett Wharton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/ii-everett-wharton.md): This chapter introduces Everett Wharton, a young man who has abandoned various careers and now aspires to a parliamentary career, though he lacks firmness of purpose. He dines with Ferdinand Lopez at the Progress Club, w
- [Mr. Abel Wharton, Q.C.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/iii-mr-abel-wharton-q-c.md): Lopez decides to approach Mr. Wharton directly to ask for Emily's hand, hoping to manage the father's objections. Mr. Wharton, an elderly, wealthy Equity barrister, is skeptical of Lopez's foreign parentage and precariou
- [Mrs. Roby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/iv-mrs-roby.md): Mr. Wharton, disturbed by Ferdinand Lopez's marriage proposal to his daughter Emily, seeks to discuss the matter with his sister-in-law Mrs. Roby before speaking to Emily. He confronts his son Everett about Lopez's backg
- [No One Knows Anything About Him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/v-no-one-knows-anything-about-him.md): Emily Wharton pleads with her father, Mr. Wharton, to reconsider his refusal to allow her to marry Ferdinand Lopez, arguing that he should investigate before condemning the match. Mr. Wharton, though resolute in his dist

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- [An Old Friend Goes to Windsor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/vi-an-old-friend-goes-to-windsor.md)
- [VII: Another Old Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/vii-another-old-friend.md)
- [The Beginning of a New Career](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/viii-the-beginning-of-a-new-career.md)
- [Mrs. Dick's Dinner Party.—No. I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/ix-mrs-dick-s-dinner-party-no-i.md)
- [X: Mrs. Dick’s Dinner Party.—No. II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/x-mrs-dick-s-dinner-party-no-ii.md)
- [Carlton Terrace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xi-carlton-terrace.md)
- [The Gathering of Clouds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xii-the-gathering-of-clouds.md)
- [XIII: Mr. Wharton Complains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xiii-mr-wharton-complains.md)
- [A Lover's Perseverance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xiv-a-lover-s-perseverance.md)
- [Arthur Fletcher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xv-arthur-fletcher.md)
- [Never Run Away!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xvi-never-run-away.md)
- [Goodbye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xvii-goodbye.md)
- [The Duke of Omnium Thinks of Himself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xviii-the-duke-of-omnium-thinks-of-himself.md)
- [XIX: Vulgarity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xix-vulgarity.md)
- [Sir Orlando's Policy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xx-sir-orlando-s-policy.md)
- [The Duchess's New Swan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxi-the-duchess-s-new-swan.md)
- [St. James's Park](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxii-st-james-s-park.md)
- [Surrender](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxiii-surrender.md)
- [The Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxiv-the-marriage.md)
- [The Beginning of the Honeymoon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxv-the-beginning-of-the-honeymoon.md)
- [The End of the Honeymoon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxvi-the-end-of-the-honeymoon.md)
- [The Duke's Misery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxvii-the-duke-s-misery.md)
- [XXVIII: The Duchess Is Much Troubled](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxviii-the-duchess-is-much-troubled.md)
- [The Two Candidates for Silverbridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxix-the-two-candidates-for-silverbridge.md)
- [Yes;—A Lie!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxx-yes-a-lie.md)
- [Yes;—with a Horsewhip in My Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxxi-yes-with-a-horsewhip-in-my-hand.md)
- [XXXII: “What Business Is It of Yours?”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxxii-what-business-is-it-of-yours.md)
- [Showing That a Man Should Not Howl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxxiii-showing-that-a-man-should-not-howl.md)
- [The Silverbridge Election](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-silverbridge-election.md)
- [Lopez Back in London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxxv-lopez-back-in-london.md)
- [The Jolly Blackbird](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxxvi-the-jolly-blackbird.md)
- [The Horns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxxvii-the-horns.md)
- [Sir Orlando Retires](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxxviii-sir-orlando-retires.md)
- [Get Round Him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xxxix-get-round-him.md)
- [Come and Try It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xl-come-and-try-it.md)
- [The Value of a Thick Skin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xli-the-value-of-a-thick-skin.md)
- [Retribution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xlii-retribution.md)
- [Kauri Gum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xliii-kauri-gum.md)
- [Mr. Wharton Intends to Make a New Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xliv-mr-wharton-intends-to-make-a-new-will.md)
- [Mrs. Sexty Parker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xlv-mrs-sexty-parker.md)
- [He Wants to Get Rich Too Quick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xlvi-he-wants-to-get-rich-too-quick.md)
- [XLVII: As for Love!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xlvii-as-for-love.md)
- [XLVIII: “Has He Ill-Treated You?”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xlviii-has-he-ill-treated-you.md)
- [XLIX: “Where Is Guatemala?”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xlix-where-is-guatemala.md)
- [Mr. Slide's Revenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/l-mr-slide-s-revenge.md)
- [Coddling the Prime Minister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/li-coddling-the-prime-minister.md)
- [I Can Sleep Here Tonight, I Suppose?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lii-i-can-sleep-here-tonight-i-suppose.md)
- [Mr. Hartlepod](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/liii-mr-hartlepod.md)
- [LIV: Lizzie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/liv-lizzie.md)
- [Mrs. Parker's Sorrows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lv-mrs-parker-s-sorrows.md)
- [What the Duchess Thought of Her Husband](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lvi-what-the-duchess-thought-of-her-husband.md)
- [The Explanation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lvii-the-explanation.md)
- [LVIII: “Quite Settled”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lviii-quite-settled.md)
- [The First and the Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lix-the-first-and-the-last.md)
- [The Tenway Junction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lx-the-tenway-junction.md)
- [The Widow and Her Friends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxi-the-widow-and-her-friends.md)
- [Phineas Finn Has a Book to Read](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxii-phineas-finn-has-a-book-to-read.md)
- [The Duchess and Her Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxiii-the-duchess-and-her-friend.md)
- [The New K.G.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxiv-the-new-k-g.md)
- [There Must Be Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxv-there-must-be-time.md)
- [The End of the Session](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxvi-the-end-of-the-session.md)
- [Mrs. Lopez Prepares to Move](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxvii-mrs-lopez-prepares-to-move.md)
- [The Prime Minister's Political Creed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxviii-the-prime-minister-s-political-creed.md)
- [Mrs. Parker's Fate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxix-mrs-parker-s-fate.md)
- [At Wharton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxx-at-wharton.md)
- [The Ladies at Longbarns Doubt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxxi-the-ladies-at-longbarns-doubt.md)
- [He Thinks That Our Days Are Numbered](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxxii-he-thinks-that-our-days-are-numbered.md)
- [Only the Duke of Omnium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxxiii-only-the-duke-of-omnium.md)
- [I Am Disgraced and Shamed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxxiv-i-am-disgraced-and-shamed.md)
- [The Great Wharton Alliance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxxv-the-great-wharton-alliance.md)
- [Who Will It Be?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxxvi-who-will-it-be.md)
- [The Duchess in Manchester Square](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxxvii-the-duchess-in-manchester-square.md)
- [The New Ministry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxxviii-the-new-ministry.md)
- [The Wharton Wedding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxxix-the-wharton-wedding.md)
- [The Last Meeting at Matching](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/lxxx-the-last-meeting-at-matching.md)

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