# The Secret of the Caves — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Secret of the Caves by Franklin W. Dixon.

- [I: Overboard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/i-overboard.md): On a lazy Saturday afternoon in June, Frank and Joe Hardy, along with their friends Biff Hooper and Tony Prito, enjoy a leisurely day on Barmet Bay in their motorboats. They reminisce about their recent success in solvin
- [The Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/ii-the-rescue.md): The Hardy boys rescue a woman from drowning after a yacht explosion, only to discover she is on her way to see their father, detective Fenton Hardy.
- [Miss Todd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/iii-miss-todd.md): Frank and Joe Hardy rescue a woman who jumped from a yacht after an explosion and bring her to their father, Fenton Hardy. She reveals herself as Miss Evangeline Todd, who has come to hire the detective to find her missi
- [Concerning Todham Todd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/iv-concerning-todham-todd.md): Miss Todd recovers and stays with the Hardys. Fenton Hardy takes the case and departs for the college town to investigate. The boys learn peculiar identifying details about the missing professor, including his habit of l
- [Plans for a Trip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/v-plans-for-a-trip.md): The Hardy boys and their friends plan a motorboat and motorcycle trip to explore caves rumored to hold hidden treasure, while Fenton Hardy returns home after losing track of the missing Professor Todham Todd, sharing new

> 20 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_secret_of_the_caves_se_578kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Missing Motorcycle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/vi-the-missing-motorcycle.md)
- [Carl Schaum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/vii-carl-schaum.md)
- [Strange Doings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/viii-strange-doings.md)
- [The Storm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/ix-the-storm.md)
- [The Cave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/x-the-cave.md)
- [Footsteps in the Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xi-footsteps-in-the-night.md)
- [A Disappearance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xii-a-disappearance.md)
- [Stolen Supplies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xiii-stolen-supplies.md)
- [Captain Royal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xiv-captain-royal.md)
- [The Old Sailor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xv-the-old-sailor.md)
- [Go Away!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xvi-go-away.md)
- [The Man on the Shore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xvii-the-man-on-the-shore.md)
- [The Prisoner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xviii-the-prisoner.md)
- [XIX: Clippings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xix-clippings.md)
- [The Shotgun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xx-the-shotgun.md)
- [Over the Cliff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xxi-over-the-cliff.md)
- [In Swirling Waters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xxii-in-swirling-waters.md)
- [Back to Bayport](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xxiii-back-to-bayport.md)
- [At the Hospital](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xxiv-at-the-hospital.md)
- [The Last of Captain Royal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_caves_se/chapters/xxv-the-last-of-captain-royal.md)

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