# The White Company — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the book to the hope of the future reunion of the English-speaking races, presenting this chronicle of their common ancestry.
- [The White Company](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/the-white-company.md): The chapter introduces the formation of the White Company, a band of archers and men-at-arms led by Sir Nigel Loring, as they gather at the Pied Merlin Inn and set forth on their journey to France. Alleyne Edricson, rece
- [How the Black Sheep Came Forth from the Fold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/i-how-the-black-sheep-came-forth-from-the-fold.md): The great bell of Beaulieu Abbey summons all monks back to the cloisters for an urgent assembly. Abbot Berghersh presides over a disciplinary hearing in which Brother Ambrose accuses the novice John of three counts. When
- [How Alleyne Edricson Came Out Into the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/ii-how-alleyne-edricson-came-out-into-the-world.md): Alleyne Edricson, a young man raised in Beaulieu Abbey, prepares to leave the monastery at age twenty as per his father's dying wish. He receives a blessing from Abbot Berghersh, who quizzes him on his education and worl
- [How Hordle John Cozened the Fuller of Lymington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/iii-how-hordle-john-cozened-the-fuller-of-lymington.md): Alleyne Edricson, on his journey from Beaulieu Abbey to Minstead, encounters a series of comic misadventures involving the roguish Hordle John. First, he meets Peter the Fuller, who has been tricked by John into exchangi

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- [How the Bailiff of Southampton Slew the Two Masterless Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/iv-how-the-bailiff-of-southampton-slew-the-two-masterless-men.md)
- [How a Strange Company Gathered at the Pied Merlin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/v-how-a-strange-company-gathered-at-the-pied-merlin.md)
- [How Samkin Aylward Wagered His Featherbed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/vi-how-samkin-aylward-wagered-his-featherbed.md)
- [How the Three Comrades Journeyed Through the Woodlands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/vii-how-the-three-comrades-journeyed-through-the-woodlands.md)
- [The Three Friends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/viii-the-three-friends.md)
- [IX: How Strange Things Befell in Minstead Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/ix-how-strange-things-befell-in-minstead-wood.md)
- [How Hordle John Found a Man Whom He Might Follow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/x-how-hordle-john-found-a-man-whom-he-might-follow.md)
- [How a Young Shepherd Had a Perilous Flock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xi-how-a-young-shepherd-had-a-perilous-flock.md)
- [How Alleyne Learned More Than He Could Teach](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xii-how-alleyne-learned-more-than-he-could-teach.md)
- [XIII: How the White Company Set Forth to the Wars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xiii-how-the-white-company-set-forth-to-the-wars.md)
- [How Sir Nigel Sought for a Wayside Venture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xiv-how-sir-nigel-sought-for-a-wayside-venture.md)
- [How the Yellow Cog Sailed Forth from Lepe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xv-how-the-yellow-cog-sailed-forth-from-lepe.md)
- [How the Yellow Cog Fought the Two Rover Galleys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xvi-how-the-yellow-cog-fought-the-two-rover-galleys.md)
- [How the Yellow Cog Crossed the Bar of Gironde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xvii-how-the-yellow-cog-crossed-the-bar-of-gironde.md)
- [XVIII: How Sir Nigel Loring Put a Patch Upon His Eye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xviii-how-sir-nigel-loring-put-a-patch-upon-his-eye.md)
- [XIX: How There Was Stir at the Abbey of St. Andrew's](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xix-how-there-was-stir-at-the-abbey-of-st-andrew-s.md)
- [How Alleyne Won His Place in an Honorable Guild](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xx-how-alleyne-won-his-place-in-an-honorable-guild.md)
- [How Agostino Pisano Risked His Head](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxi-how-agostino-pisano-risked-his-head.md)
- [XXII: How the Bowmen Held Wassail at the Rose de Guienne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxii-how-the-bowmen-held-wassail-at-the-rose-de-guienne.md)
- [XXIII: How England Held the Lists at Bordeaux](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxiii-how-england-held-the-lists-at-bordeaux.md)
- [How a Champion Came Forth from the East](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxiv-how-a-champion-came-forth-from-the-east.md)
- [How Sir Nigel Wrote to Twynham Castle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxv-how-sir-nigel-wrote-to-twynham-castle.md)
- [How the Three Comrades Gained a Mighty Treasure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxvi-how-the-three-comrades-gained-a-mighty-treasure.md)
- [XXVII: How Roger Clubfoot Was Passed Into Paradise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxvii-how-roger-clubfoot-was-passed-into-paradise.md)
- [XXVIII: How the Comrades Came Over the Marches of France](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxviii-how-the-comrades-came-over-the-marches-of-france.md)
- [How the Blessed Hour of Sight Came to the Lady Tiphaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxix-how-the-blessed-hour-of-sight-came-to-the-lady-tiphaine.md)
- [How the Brushwood Men Came to the Château of Villefranche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxx-how-the-brushwood-men-came-to-the-ch-teau-of-villefranche.md)
- [How Five Men Held the Keep of Villefranche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxxi-how-five-men-held-the-keep-of-villefranche.md)
- [How the Company Took Counsel Round the Fallen Tree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxxii-how-the-company-took-counsel-round-the-fallen-tree.md)
- [How the Army Made the Passage of Roncesvalles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxxiii-how-the-army-made-the-passage-of-roncesvalles.md)
- [How the Company Made Sport in the Vale of Pampeluna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxxiv-how-the-company-made-sport-in-the-vale-of-pampeluna.md)
- [How Sir Nigel Hawked at an Eagle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxxv-how-sir-nigel-hawked-at-an-eagle.md)
- [How Sir Nigel Took the Patch from His Eye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxxvi-how-sir-nigel-took-the-patch-from-his-eye.md)
- [How the White Company Came to Be Disbanded](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxxvii-how-the-white-company-came-to-be-disbanded.md)
- [XXXVIII: Of the Homecoming to Hampshire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_company_se/chapters/xxxviii-of-the-homecoming-to-hampshire.md)

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