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    PART ONE: MOSQUE

1. Description of Chandrapore
2. Dr Aziz is called away from Hamidullah's house by Major Callendar; on arrival, he finds Callendar has left; Mrs Callendar and Mrs Lesley take his carriage; he walks to the mosque and meets Mrs Moore; they talk
3. Mrs Moore returns to the club and tells her son Ronny Heaslop and her travelling companion, Adela Quested, about her encounter; Ronny is bothered by it
4. The Collector invites Indians to a Bridge Party
5. The Bridge Party
6. Dr Panna Lal asks Dr Aziz why he didn't go
7. Mr Fielding; Dr Aziz invites Adela Quested and Mrs Moore to the Marabar Caves
8. Adela Quested and Ronny Heaslop
9. Mr Hamidullah, Dr Panna Lal, Fielding, Rafi Haq, Ram Chand, Syed Mohammed visit Dr Aziz at his home
10. The heat
11. Fielding visits Aziz at his house; they become friendly

PART TWO: CAVES

1. Description of caves
2. Fielding and Godbole miss the train
3. Mrs Moore and the caves
4. Dr Aziz and Miss Quested part ways
5. Loss of Miss Quested; arrest of Aziz
6. Fielding learns of this; he talks to Mr Turton
7. Fielding talks to Mr McBryde
8. Fielding talks to Hamidullah, Godbole, Aziz
9. The situation is discussed at the Club; Fielding resigns
10. Rest of the evening
11. Miss Quested starts to have doubts; Mrs Moore is dismissive
12. Mrs Moore leaves India
13. The trial; Quested withdraws her accusation
14. Dr Aziz and Dr Panna Lal
15. Fielding talks to Quested; they learn of Mrs Moore's death
16. Fielding talks to Aziz
17. Death of Mrs Moore; the cult of Esmiss Esmoor
18. Last conversation between Fielding and Quested; she leaves India
19. Aziz talks to Das
20. Aziz no longer trusts Fielding
21. Fielding travels back to England

PART THREE: TEMPLE

1. Professor Godbole
2. Dr Aziz's life while Fielding is gone
3. Fielding returns; Aziz realizes he never married Adela Quested
4. Aziz meets Ralph Moore
5. Aziz and Fielding talk about politics and India's future as a nation