# The Wyvern Mystery — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Wyvern Mystery by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

- [Alice Maybell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/i-alice-maybell.md): Alice Maybell bids farewell to her aunt, Lady Wyndale, at Oulton before returning to Wyvern. Their conversation touches on Lord Tremaine's interest in Alice, the Fairfield family, and Alice's unspoken troubles. Despite h
- [II: The Vale of Carwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/ii-the-vale-of-carwell.md): Alice Maybell, traveling with her nurse Dulcibella, diverts their chaise to Carwell Grange under a veil of secrecy, encountering a mysterious woman in a carriage along the dark, narrow road.
- [III: The Grange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/iii-the-grange.md): Alice Maybell travels to Carwell Grange, encountering a mysterious veiled woman who blocks her path and inquires about her destination. Upon arrival, she meets the caretaker Mrs. Tarnley, who shows her a letter that caus
- [IV: The Old Squire and Alice Maybell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/iv-the-old-squire-and-alice-maybell.md): This chapter introduces Wyvern, the ancestral home of the Fairfield family, and its aging, grim master, Old Squire Henry Fairfield. It describes his two disappointing sons, Charles and Henry, and his bitter, isolated old
- [V: The Terrace Garden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/v-the-terrace-garden.md): Alice Maybell, now a pretty but lonely young woman, is rumored in Wyvern to be in love with the old Squire or his estate. The Squire confronts his servant Tom about gossip, then finds Alice crying in the terrace garden. 

> 60 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_wyvern_mystery_se_1153kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [VI: The Old Squire Unlike Himself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/vi-the-old-squire-unlike-himself.md)
- [The Squire's Eldest Son Comes Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/vii-the-squire-s-eldest-son-comes-home.md)
- [Never Did Run Smooth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/viii-never-did-run-smooth.md)
- [IX: In Which the Squire Loses His Gold-Headed Cane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/ix-in-which-the-squire-loses-his-gold-headed-cane.md)
- [X: The Drive Over Cressley Common by Moonlight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/x-the-drive-over-cressley-common-by-moonlight.md)
- [Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xi-home.md)
- [The Omen of Carwell Grange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xii-the-omen-of-carwell-grange.md)
- [XIII: An Inspection of Carwell Grange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xiii-an-inspection-of-carwell-grange.md)
- [XIV: A Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xiv-a-letter.md)
- [XV: Harry Arrives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xv-harry-arrives.md)
- [A Party of Three](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xvi-a-party-of-three.md)
- [Mildred Tarnley's Warning Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xvii-mildred-tarnley-s-warning-story.md)
- [XVIII: The Brothers’ Walk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xviii-the-brothers-walk.md)
- [XIX: Coming In](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xix-coming-in.md)
- [XX: Harry Appears at the Grange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xx-harry-appears-at-the-grange.md)
- [Harry's Beer and Conversation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxi-harry-s-beer-and-conversation.md)
- [The Trout](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxii-the-trout.md)
- [The Visitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxiii-the-visitor.md)
- [XXIV: The Summons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxiv-the-summons.md)
- [Lilly Dogger Is Sent to Bed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxv-lilly-dogger-is-sent-to-bed.md)
- [The Lady Has Her Tea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxvi-the-lady-has-her-tea.md)
- [XXVII: Through the House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxvii-through-the-house.md)
- [The Bell Rings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxviii-the-bell-rings.md)
- [Tom Is Ordered Up](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxix-tom-is-ordered-up.md)
- [The Old Soldier Grows More Friendly, and Frightens Mrs. Tarnley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxx-the-old-soldier-grows-more-friendly-and-frightens-mrs-tarnley.md)
- [XXXI: News from Cressley Common](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxxi-news-from-cressley-common.md)
- [An Unlooked-for Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxxii-an-unlooked-for-return.md)
- [Charles Fairfield Alone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxxiii-charles-fairfield-alone.md)
- [XXXIV: Awake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxxiv-awake.md)
- [Restless](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxxv-restless.md)
- [Through the Wall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxxvi-through-the-wall.md)
- [A Messenger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxxvii-a-messenger.md)
- [Unreasonable Bertha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxxviii-unreasonable-bertha.md)
- [An Abduction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xxxix-an-abduction.md)
- [XL: Pursuit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xl-pursuit.md)
- [Day—Twilight—Darkness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xli-day-twilight-darkness.md)
- [XLII: Hatherton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xlii-hatherton.md)
- [The Welcome](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xliii-the-welcome.md)
- [The Wykeford Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xliv-the-wykeford-doctor.md)
- [XLV: Speech Returns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xlv-speech-returns.md)
- [Harry Drinks a Glass and Spills a Glass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xlvi-harry-drinks-a-glass-and-spills-a-glass.md)
- [Home to Wyvern](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xlvii-home-to-wyvern.md)
- [A Twilight Visit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xlviii-a-twilight-visit.md)
- [XLIX: The Heir of the Fairfields](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/xlix-the-heir-of-the-fairfields.md)
- [L: Bertha Velderkaust](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/l-bertha-velderkaust.md)
- [LI: Sergeant-Major Archdale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/li-sergeant-major-archdale.md)
- [A Talk with the Squire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/lii-a-talk-with-the-squire.md)
- [Harry Fairfield Grows Uneasy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/liii-harry-fairfield-grows-uneasy.md)
- [A Drive to Twyford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/liv-a-drive-to-twyford.md)
- [LV: How Fares the Child?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/lv-how-fares-the-child.md)
- [The Old Squire Leaves Wyvern](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/lvi-the-old-squire-leaves-wyvern.md)
- [LVII: Marjory Trevellian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/lvii-marjory-trevellian.md)
- [LVIII: The Enchanted Garden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/lviii-the-enchanted-garden.md)
- [LIX: An Old Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/lix-an-old-friend.md)
- [LX: Tom Orange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/lx-tom-orange.md)
- [The Hour and the Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/lxi-the-hour-and-the-man.md)
- [The March to Noulton Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/lxii-the-march-to-noulton-farm.md)
- [LXIII: A Silent Farewell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/lxiii-a-silent-farewell.md)
- [LXIV: The March by Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/lxiv-the-march-by-night.md)
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wyvern_mystery_se/chapters/conclusion.md)

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