# Harding’s Luck — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Harding’s Luck by E. Nesbit.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/dedication.md): A brief dedication from E. Nesbit to Rosamund Philippa Philips, expressing her affection.
- [Harding’s Luck](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/harding-s-luck.md): Dickie Harding, a poor orphan boy with a lame leg, lives a harsh life with his aunt and uncle. He meets Mr. Beale, a tramp who takes him on the road, and Dickie discovers a mysterious ability to dream himself into a past
- [I: Tinkler and the Moonflower](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/i-tinkler-and-the-moonflower.md): Dickie Harding, a lame orphan boy living in poverty with his aunt, treasures a family heirloom rattle called Tinkler. After a hospital stay for a foot injury, he returns to find Tinkler pawned. He discovers a magnificent
- [II: Burglars](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/ii-burglars.md): Dickie assists Mr. Beale and his accomplices in a burglary at a grand house, successfully opening a side door for them. However, he experiences a sudden sense of shame and tries to stop them. The burglars are discovered,
- [III: The Escape](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/iii-the-escape.md): Dickie Harding wakes in Lady Talbot's luxurious home and is treated with kindness, but his fear that the police will be set on Mr. Beale drives him to plan an escape. He enlists the reluctant help of the hostile maid Mar
- [IV: Which Was the Dream?](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/iv-which-was-the-dream.md): Dickie, now fully immersed in his new life as Master Richard, learns rapidly from tutors and enjoys the pleasures of a wealthy, noble existence. He attends a river pageant with his cousins and aunt, meets the King and Qu
- [To Get Your Own Living](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/v-to-get-your-own-living.md): Dickie and Mr. Beale discuss giving up burglary and finding honest work. Dickie shares his dream of a past life as a gentleman, causing tension with Beale, who fears losing him. They decide to sleep in Dickie's old house
- [VI: Buried Treasure](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/vi-buried-treasure.md): Dickie and Mr. Beale establish a new, honest life with the money from the wrought-iron box and gold pieces. Dickie learns woodcarving and dog-keeping, and resolves to return to the Jacobean world only after securing Beal
- [VII: Dickie Learns Many Things](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/vii-dickie-learns-many-things.md): Dickie resolves to give up his own desires and help Edred and Elfrida find the treasure, and to help Mr. Beale live his life. He attempts a magical journey using the moonseeds, rattle, and white seal, but instead of retu
- [Going Home](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/viii-going-home.md): Dickie and Mr. Beale decide to leave Deptford and take to the road with their dogs, seeking more space and freedom. Before they can depart, Mr. Beale buys a trick dachshund that escapes by opening doors, delaying their p
- [IX: Kidnapped](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/ix-kidnapped.md): Dickie enjoys a happy life at the cottage with Mr. Beale and the dogs, but his contentment is shattered when he is kidnapped by two familiar voices while waiting for a ride. He is hidden in a coster's barrow and taken aw
- [X: The Noble Deed](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/x-the-noble-deed.md): Edred is tasked by the Mouldiwarp to rescue Dickie from kidnappers by following True the dog at night. He succeeds, leading to Dickie's rescue and the revelation of his true identity as the rightful Lord Arden. Edred's c
- [Lord Arden](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/xi-lord-arden.md): Dickie is recognized as the rightful Lord Arden, but the current Lord Arden is honest and willing to give up his claim. Dickie lives happily at Arden Castle, no longer longing to escape to the past. He visits Lady Talbot
- [XII: The End](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/xii-the-end.md): Dickie, now Lord Arden, struggles with guilt over displacing his cousins and their father. He decides to sacrifice his present life and return permanently to the Jacobean era, leaving behind his clothes to fake a drownin
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md): A single illustration is listed: a six-pointed star pattern made up of two overlapping triangles.

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