# Huntingtower — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Huntingtower by John Buchan.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the story to W. P. Ker, Professor of Poetry at Oxford, and traces the ancestry of the hero Dickson McCunn back to the Nicol Jarvies, linking him to Rob Roy and the Gorbals Die-Hards.
- [Huntingtower](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/huntingtower.md): Dickson McCunn, a retired grocer, feels a restless longing for adventure and decides to go on a walking trip in the Scottish countryside. He meets the poet John Heritage, and together they discover an old house called Hu
- [Prologue](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/prologue.md): In January 1916, during World War I, a young woman named Saskia visits her friend Quentin, who is recovering from a leg wound, in a room of the Nirski Palace in Russia. They reminisce about their childhood in Paris and d
- [I: How a Retired Provision Merchant Felt the Impulse of Spring](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/i-how-a-retired-provision-merchant-felt-the-impulse-of-spring.md): Mr. Dickson McCunn, a recently retired provision merchant, awakens to a spring morning feeling rejuvenated after using a new safety razor. He decides to embrace his newfound freedom by embarking on a walking holiday alon
- [II: Of Mr. John Heritage and the Difference in Points of View](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/ii-of-mr-john-heritage-and-the-difference-in-points-of-view.md): Dickson McCunn and John Heritage engage in a heated debate about romanticism versus realism, class perspectives, and the nature of truth. Dickson then begins his walking journey, encountering various characters that chal
- [III: How Childe Roland and Another Came to the Dark Tower](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/iii-how-childe-roland-and-another-came-to-the-dark-tower.md): Dickson McCunn wakes irritated by John Heritage's iconoclastic views, resolves to avoid him, and sets off alone on his walking holiday. He chooses a westward route toward the sea, eventually arriving at the village of Da
- [IV: Dougal](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/iv-dougal.md): Dickson and Heritage consult Mrs. Morran about Dougal's story of imprisoned women at Huntingtower. Mrs. Morran advises Dickson to go home but encourages Heritage to investigate. Heritage studies a map to plan a reconnais
- [V: Of the Princess in the Tower](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/v-of-the-princess-in-the-tower.md): Dickson and Heritage attempt to mislead the innkeeper Dobson about their presence, claiming Heritage's aunt is Mrs. Morran. Dickson is conflicted about his role in the adventure. The princess Saskia recounts her flight f
- [VI: How Mr. McCunn Departed with Relief and Returned with Resolution](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/vi-how-mr-mccunn-departed-with-relief-and-returned-with-resolution.md): Dickson McCunn departs Dalquharter by post-cart, pretending to leave with a locked box of provisions from Mrs. Morran. At the station, he evades Dobson's suspicions and takes the train to Glasgow, where he performs an el
- [VII: Sundry Doings in the Mirk](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/vii-sundry-doings-in-the-mirk.md): Dickson McCunn travels to Auchenlochan to meet factor Mr. James Loudon, whom he initially expects to be an elderly incompetent but finds a vigorous, jovial man. He discusses renting Huntingtower House and subtly probes a
- [VIII: How a Middle-Aged Crusader Accepted a Challenge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/viii-how-a-middle-aged-crusader-accepted-a-challenge.md): Dickson returns to Mrs. Morran's cottage early in the morning, feeling a new assurance of manhood, but wakes later to doubt and fear. He is spotted by Dobson, who questions him about his return and his interest in Huntin
- [IX: The First Battle of the Cruives](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/ix-the-first-battle-of-the-cruives.md): The garrison, including Dickson McCunn, John Heritage, Dougal, and the Gorbals Die-Hards, moves into the old keep of Huntingtower to prepare for a siege. They barricade the house, set up pickets, and plan to protect Prin
- [X: Deals with an Escape and a Journey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/x-deals-with-an-escape-and-a-journey.md): Dickson and his group have moved to the old Tower after the attack. Heritage is wounded but recovering, tended by Saskia. A council of war is held, and Dickson proposes to seek help from a nearby gentleman's house, takin
- [XI: Gravity Out of Bed](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/xi-gravity-out-of-bed.md): Dickson McCunn, after delivering Saskia to Sir Archibald Roylance, returns to Dalquharter on a bicycle, reflecting on Heritage's hopeless love for Saskia. He is ambushed and captured by two men, Ecky and an accomplice, w
- [How Mr. McCunn Committed an Assault Upon an Ally](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/xii-how-mr-mccunn-committed-an-assault-upon-an-ally.md): After escaping captivity, Dickson McCunn encounters a motorcyclist on the road whom he mistakes for his arch-enemy Paul. He attacks the man with a spanner but is easily overpowered. The motorcyclist turns out to be Alexi
- [XIII: The Coming of the Danish Brig](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/xiii-the-coming-of-the-danish-brig.md): Heritage, alone in the Tower, recovers from his wound and prepares for a siege. He stages a ruse to convince the enemy that the Princess is still inside, while Dougal covertly observes and steals Léon's weapon. The enemy
- [XIV: The Second Battle of the Cruives](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/xiv-the-second-battle-of-the-cruives.md): Dougal takes command of the defense, planning to fortify the house and force a decisive battle against the foreign enemies. Saskia insists on staying and fighting. The group enters the house with difficulty. Alexis attem
- [XV: The Gorbals Die-Hards Go Into Action](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/xv-the-gorbals-die-hards-go-into-action.md): Mr. McCunn, battered but resolute, hobbles to Mrs. Morran's henhouse, now Thomas Yownie's command post. The Gorbals Die-Hards report the Tower has been blown up and Heritage may be dead, while the enemy surrounds Hunting
- [XVI: In Which a Princess Leaves a Dark Tower and a Provision Merchant Returns to His Family](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/xvi-in-which-a-princess-leaves-a-dark-tower-and-a-provision-merchant-returns-to-his-family.md): The storm ends and spring returns. Saskia and Alexis walk together on the cliff-top, discussing the past week and their future. Dickson and Heritage talk; Heritage expresses joyful acceptance of losing Saskia to Alexis. 
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/endnotes.md): A brief endnote directing the reader to the frontispiece, which reproduces an improved version of Mr. Heritage's sketch.
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md): This chapter contains a list of illustrations, including a map of Huntingtower and surrounding territory.

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