# Mr. Incoul’s Misadventure — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Mr. Incoul’s Misadventure by Edgar Saltus.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The chapter presents a single epigraph from Deuteronomy 19:21, invoking a biblical call for strict justice without mercy.
- [Mr. Incoul’s Misadventure](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/mr-incoul-s-misadventure.md): Mr. Incoul, having discovered Lenox Leigh's presence at the villa, orders an immediate move to Paris. He rents a house in the Parc Monceau and begins to plot his revenge. He sees Lenox with the dancer Mirette and transfo
- [Mr. Incoul](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/i-mr-incoul.md): The chapter introduces Harmon Incoul, a wealthy widower whose wife died of pneumonia after fifteen years of marriage. Initially expected never to remarry, he spends two years in solitude before gradually re-entering soci
- [Miss Barhyte Agrees to Change Her Name](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/ii-miss-barhyte-agrees-to-change-her-name.md): Mr. Incoul visits Miss Barhyte at her boardinghouse to receive her answer to his marriage proposal. She reveals her family's financial distress and her plan to work as a governess in San Francisco, but after a tense nego
- [After Darkness](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/iii-after-darkness.md): This chapter recounts the backstory of Maida Barhyte's past romance with Lenox Leigh at Mt. Desert, their deepening intimacy, and the eventual cooling of their relationship due to financial constraints and societal press
- [An Evening Call](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/iv-an-evening-call.md): Lenox Leigh visits Maida Barhyte, who reveals she has accepted Mr. Incoul's marriage proposal. The two lovers confront their impending separation, expressing deep regret and sorrow. Maida insists they must part forever, 
- [V: A Yellow Envelope](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/v-a-yellow-envelope.md): Mr. and Mrs. Incoul, after a simple wedding, travel to Baden-Baden. Maida finds a yellow envelope in their villa addressed to the Gräfin von Adelsburg, which sparks her first real awareness of her husband's wealth. At th
- [VI: Biarritz](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/vi-biarritz.md): Mr. Incoul decides to move his party from Baden to Biarritz after consulting with Karl and persuading Mr. Blydenburg. In Biarritz, he rents the Villa Zunzarraga from the Marquis of Zunzarraga. The chapter describes the v
- [What May Be Seen from a Palco](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/vii-what-may-be-seen-from-a-palco.md): The Incouls settle into their luxurious villa in Biarritz, where Maida enjoys the sensory pleasures of her new rooms. The chapter follows the party's excursion to a bullfight in San Sebastián, where the spectacle of the 
- [An Unexpected Guest](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/viii-an-unexpected-guest.md): At a bullfight in San Sebastián, Lenox Leigh unexpectedly appears and joins Mr. Incoul's party, including Maida and the Blydenburgs. They dine together at the Inglaterra, where Lenox charms the group with his knowledge o
- [Mr. Incoul Dines in Spain](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/ix-mr-incoul-dines-in-spain.md): Mr. Blydenburg and Mr. Incoul travel to Fuenterrabia, Spain for an evening, exploring the town, dining at a casino, and gambling. Meanwhile, Maida and Lenox Leigh take a solitary stroll on the Côte des Basques beach. Upo
- [X: The Point of View](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/x-the-point-of-view.md): Lenox Leigh spends a day in anxious solitude, waiting for word from Maida after his midnight encounter with Mr. Incoul. He oscillates between fear and philosophical resignation, eventually deciding to go out. He dines wi
- [XI: The House in the Parc Monceau](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/xi-the-house-in-the-parc-monceau.md): After a Wall Street crash, Mr. Incoul rents a furnished house in the Parc Monceau in Paris. He abruptly orders his wife Maida to leave Biarritz, citing a cholera outbreak in Madrid. In Paris, he inspects several apartmen
- [Mr. Incoul Is Preoccupied](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/xii-mr-incoul-is-preoccupied.md): Mr. Incoul maintains an outwardly devoted and indulgent demeanor toward his wife Maida, taking her to theaters and social events, while inwardly becoming increasingly silent and abstracted. Maida, having written a decisi
- [XIII: What May Be Heard in a Greenroom](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/xiii-what-may-be-heard-in-a-greenroom.md): Mr. Incoul attends a new ballet at the Opéra with his wife Maida and guests. During the entr'acte, he visits the foyer de la danse and overhears a conversation linking the dancer Mirette to Lenox Leigh, whom she accompan
- [XIV: Karl Grows a Moustache](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/xiv-karl-grows-a-moustache.md): Mr. Incoul begins a secret transformation of his courier Karl, ordering him to shave his whiskers and take a room at the Meurice. Meanwhile, Lenox Leigh, having returned to Paris with the dancer Mirette, receives a final
- [XV: May Expostulates](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/xv-may-expostulates.md): Mr. Incoul, having orchestrated a public accusation, exposes Lenox Leigh as a cheater at baccarat in the Capucines club. Lenox is shunned by all, including May, and is escorted out by De la Dèche. Earlier, Maida makes a 
- [XVI: The Bare Bodkin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/xvi-the-bare-bodkin.md): Lenox Leigh, reeling from the accusation of cheating at baccarat, wanders the Paris streets in despair. He purchases a lethal dose of poison from a chemist and returns to his hotel room, where he engages in a lengthy phi
- [Maida's Nuptials](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/xvii-maida-s-nuptials.md): After the baccarat scandal, Mr. Incoul confronts Maida in her room, revealing his knowledge of her past with Lenox Leigh and accusing him of cheating. He forces her to drink a sedative and locks her in, asserting his con
- [Mr. Incoul Goes Over the Accounts](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/mr_incoul_s_misadventure_se/chapters/xviii-mr-incoul-goes-over-the-accounts.md): Mr. Blydenburg, troubled by his recent confrontation with Mr. Incoul over Lenox Leigh, encounters Mr. Wainwaring outside the Grand Hôtel. Wainwaring delivers the shocking news that Mrs. Incoul has died from gas asphyxiat

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