# The Secret of the Old Clock — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene.

- [The Lost Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/i-the-lost-will.md): Nancy Drew learns from her father, Carson Drew, about the suspicious circumstances surrounding Josiah Crowley's will, which left his entire fortune to the snobbish Topham family. Nancy suspects a missing second will and 
- [II: A Chance Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/ii-a-chance-meeting.md): Nancy Drew learns from a luncheon with her father and Mr. Rolsted that Josiah Crowley may have drawn up a second will cutting out the Tophams. Despite lacking clues, she becomes determined to find the missing will. Later
- [III: Racing the Storm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/iii-racing-the-storm.md): Nancy Drew agrees to deliver legal documents to Judge Hartgrave in Masonville for her father. After completing the errand and having lunch with the judge, she decides to take the scenic River Road home despite threatenin
- [An Interesting Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/iv-an-interesting-story.md): Nancy Drew meets the Horner sisters, Grace and Allie, during a storm and learns about their connection to Josiah Crowley. The sisters share their belief that Crowley intended to leave them an inheritance, but the Tophams
- [V: A Conference](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/v-a-conference.md): Nancy and her father, Carson Drew, meet with the Horner sisters to discuss the missing will of Josiah Crowley. The sisters reveal that Crowley hinted at hiding a second will, possibly in the Topham house. Carson Drew agr

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- [VI: An Unpleasant Encounter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/vi-an-unpleasant-encounter.md)
- [VII: Nancy Turns Sleuth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/vii-nancy-turns-sleuth.md)
- [VIII: A Discouraging Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/viii-a-discouraging-day.md)
- [IX: Vital Information](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/ix-vital-information.md)
- [X: Abigail's Disclosure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/x-abigail-s-disclosure.md)
- [Visiting the Tophams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xi-visiting-the-tophams.md)
- [XII: Following a Clue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xii-following-a-clue.md)
- [An Adventure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xiii-an-adventure.md)
- [An Exciting Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xiv-an-exciting-discovery.md)
- [XV: A Desperate Situation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xv-a-desperate-situation.md)
- [Left to Starve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xvi-left-to-starve.md)
- [XVII: Jeff Tucker’s Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xvii-jeff-tucker-s-story.md)
- [Notifying the Police](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xviii-notifying-the-police.md)
- [XIX: A Risky Undertaking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xix-a-risky-undertaking.md)
- [XX: What Nancy Found](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xx-what-nancy-found.md)
- [Capturing the Robbers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xxi-capturing-the-robbers.md)
- [XXII: What the Notebook Revealed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xxii-what-the-notebook-revealed.md)
- [Looking for the Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xxiii-looking-for-the-will.md)
- [The Coup de Grâce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xxiv-the-coup-de-gr-ce.md)
- [A Reward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_clock_se/chapters/xxv-a-reward.md)

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