# The House of Arden — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The House of Arden by E. Nesbit.

- [I: Arden's Lord](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/i-arden-s-lord.md): Edred and Elfrida Arden learn that Edred has inherited the title of Lord Arden from a distant cousin. The children, who live with their aunt in a seaside lodging house, explore the ruined Arden Castle and the old lord's 
- [The Mouldiwarp](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/ii-the-mouldiwarp.md): Elfrida and Edred encounter the living golden crest of the Arden family, which transforms into a white talking mole called the Mouldiwarp. The Mouldiwarp challenges them to be nice to each other for a whole day and then 
- [III: In Boney’s Times](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/iii-in-boney-s-times.md): Edred and Elfrida find themselves transported back to 1807, where they are mistaken for children of the Arden household. They encounter a wise woman who prophesies the future, including the French landing in Lymchurch Ba
- [IV: The Landing of the French](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/iv-the-landing-of-the-french.md): Elfrida wakes to see a beacon bonfire lit, signaling the French are coming, but she is too sleepy to care. In the grey morning, a storm tears open their window, and the children go to the cliff where a crowd of armed men
- [V: The Highwayman and the ⸻](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/v-the-highwayman-and-the.md): Elfrida is rescued by a mysterious highwayman who returns her to Arden Castle, where she and Cousin Bet discover he is the Chevalier St. George (the Old Pretender) seeking refuge. Meanwhile, back in the present, Elfrida 
- [The Secret Panel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/vi-the-secret-panel.md): Elfrida recounts her adventure in the past to Edred, who initially doubts her story. After a quarrel and reconciliation, they discuss the hidden jewels and the secret room. Elfrida recalls her encounter with Sir Edward T
- [The Key of the Parlour](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/vii-the-key-of-the-parlour.md): Elfrida is trapped behind the secret panel in the parlour, having hidden the key in her pocket. Edred is unable to open the panel and becomes increasingly anxious. After a long wait, Aunt Edith arrives, finds a labeled k
- [Guy Fawkes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/viii-guy-fawkes.md): After a three-day quarrel, Elfrida and Edred explore Arden Castle, attempting to draw it and reading its history. They dress in Jacobean costumes and use the Brownie camera to travel back in time to the early 1600s. Edre
- [The Prisoners in the Tower](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/ix-the-prisoners-in-the-tower.md): Elfrida and Edred are imprisoned in the Tower of London, accused of high treason for their knowledge of the Gunpowder Plot. Separated, they endure captivity until Edred meets Sir Walter Raleigh and later orchestrates a d
- [White Wings and a Brownie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/x-white-wings-and-a-brownie.md): Edred seeks revenge on Mr. Parados (Parrot-nose) for his earlier betrayal. With Elfrida and Cousin Richard, they plan to dump snow into his room. Richard reveals he has knowledge of the future (Brownie camera, cricket sc
- [Developments](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/xi-developments.md): Old Beale tells Elfrida and Edred the tragic story of a previous Miss Elfrida, who jilted Mr. Frewin on her wedding night to elope with her true love, Cousin Dick. After Dick's death, she returned home with her baby, onl
- [Films and Clouds](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/xii-films-and-clouds.md): After developing photographs of the castle, the children accidentally burn their films. They hide the prints in the History of the Ardens and discuss rebuilding the castle and helping the villagers with the treasure. Aun
- [May-Blossom and Pearls](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/xiii-may-blossom-and-pearls.md): Elfrida and Edred participate in a May Day dance before King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn. Elfrida is pushed forward to present flowers and recite a poem, but her knowledge of Anne's tragic fate distresses her. After
- [XIV: The Finding of the Treasure](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_house_of_arden_se/chapters/xiv-the-finding-of-the-treasure.md): Edred and Elfrida, with the Mouldiwarp's help and Cousin Richard's assistance, use the magic clock to travel to a hidden golden plain where their father and Uncle Jim are imprisoned. They help them escape through a crevi

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